Here's a guide but no pictures on how to replace:
http://www.clubxb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35649

Here's a thread about members saying let the Pro's do it:
http://www.clubxb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30565

 

Rears come as an assembly and are cake to install. I'd leave the fronts to a shop. Or you can just pull everything yourself and have a machine shop press out the old bearing and press in the new one and then do the rest yourself

 

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?ck[ID]=0&ck[idlist]=0&ck[viewcurrency]=USD&ck[PHP_SESSION_ID]=f7g70hubeg57lvcdu35fhtapc2

Rock Auto is a great place to look for your parts.

 

Forgot to mention that everything I've ever read recommends Timken Bearings

 

autozone sells the complete assembly for the front wheel bearing and hub assembly

 

Do you have a part number?

 

Thanks for the help. Once I do the job I will post pics.

 

I just replaced both rear bearing assemblies. It was an easy job. The hardest part was being able to see to disconnect the abs sensor wires in the hubs. A small screwdriver lifting gently on the tab did the trick. Found out my left rear was trashed. The right rear was still good but I replaced them both. If anyone is short on cash and needs a used rear let me know. I'll sell it to you for cheap! I love getting factory OEM parts off of Amazon! I paid less than$100 each for the bearing assemblies and they are the same as the original ones that I removed!

 

The front bearings are harder to do than the rears. I used this info to do the front bearings.

http://m.scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208644&highlight=axle+nut&styleid=11

 

any idea how much is a reasonable charge for a shop to do this? I simply don't have the tools or the skills for a job this big.

 

In Los Angeles, I just called a shop near my house and they are asking $300 for each front bearing. That is reasonable.

 

i know here in va I paid something like $350 parts and labor for my front passenger side. and that was at the dealership so you may find cheaper at an independent garage. here the stealership actually had the best price. go figure, right?

 

Sorry to bump an old thread but for those who've bought wheel bearing/hub assembly from autozone, do you know if the bearing is already in the hub? I ask because the guy at autozone didn't know either and I don't want to buy it and then have to go to a shop and pay to have them press it in as well. Also, this is the part/s from them

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/pa...g-Hub-Assembly-Front/2005-Scion-xB/_/N-jmqz9Z8oy4e?itemIdentifier=98042_3214_0_

---------- Post added 03-14-2014 at 04:21 PM ----------

After looking at it again, that one shows it having 5 lugs yet says it'll work on a gen1. So confusing.

 

the rear wheel hub bearing comes assembled and just bolts on (might need to be hammered or blow torched to remove) did myself.
here are pics of actual rear hub for xb1

front ones are different and will require press use for assembly ( as i heard).

 

From the link that you posted, it looks like the rear hub. The front hub is very different.

 

for the front u might can get hub with bolts or just the bearing or maybe both, but still will need to use press to remove old and put new one in.

 

A little update on my original situation. I really wanted to change the bearings but when I took it to my mechanic he couldn't diagnose anything.

Told him only the passenger side I can hear it grinding but he was the one driving. He said I could wait another 5k miles to see if it gets any worse.

Today I hear that it's louder then making a left turn, as the weight shifts right. Could this be bearing or the entire cv joint needs to change? It's just so difficult to hear it as our boxes are not too insulated against other road noises

 

I am in the same predicament as you. I can hear click click click when I brake coming from the rear passenger. When I drive/turn I head whooshing/whirring noises but all suspension looks good and no noises/grease anywhere..

 

I just paid $425 (parts&labor) for both sides. The steering feels some much better too.

---------- Post added 04-19-2014 at 04:12 PM ----------

For the front both sides.

 

I've got my left rear wheel off again for 3rd time trying to work on getting the bearing/hub assembly to "let go" of the plate that all the brake hardware is attached to. First time it's being replaced so it seems to have rusted into place. Soaking it with PB Blaster, Freeze-off, and banging away at it just enough so I don't get to point of no return. So close but no cigar yet.

---------- Post added 07-23-2014 at 10:53 AM ----------

Finished one side and took pictures. Will attempt a DIY for rear bearings later.

 

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