Well after putting up with the rumbling drone from my rear wheel bearings i decided to change them. After looking are and for some hints i found very little so thought i would do a guide. I apologize for some blurry photo's.
Here is a picture of all the tools i used.
First things first safety, Chock the front wheels.
Jack the car up, i still had the hand brake on so could undo the wheel nuts with it in the air, i span the wheel around and i could hear the baring it was a bit like a metallic whirring noise.
Remove the wheel and undo the hub nut, i used my breaker bar with a large piece of pipe to help. The nut is 30mm
You need to remove the hand brake cable first, it is held in place by the clip below, just
prise it of then slip the cable out of the bracket and slide it through the hole.
Then you need to remove the caliper and the carrier, the end bolts are 13mm and the inner nut is 15mm, the carrier is a hex but i don't know the size (Its not huge but not small) Then remove the disc by using the screw.
Now it starts to get a bit more unpredictable, i used a ball joint splitter to knock the hub off, i just slotted it behind the hub resting on the ABS ring and tapped it with my little 4lb lump hammer, most of it came straight of but the rear ball race stuck on. I then removed the whole stub axle which is held on with four 16mm bolts, i could then put it in the vice and tap the rest of the bearing off, it took me about 10 mins to do it but it could have been worse you can never tell.
Next DONT get carried away and put the new bearing on the stub axle because you will find as i did you cant bolt it back on the car.
Now bolt the stub axle back on the car.
And slip the new bearing on to it, then using the old hub nut do up the bearing so it sits up to the back of the hub do it tight but not FT then undo it and put the new one on which you will need to do up really FT i don't know the torque setting for these but as you cant crush the bearings FT is about right.
Now its a reversal of the stripping process first put the disc back on.
Rest carried on after picture break....
Here is a picture of all the tools i used.
First things first safety, Chock the front wheels.
Jack the car up, i still had the hand brake on so could undo the wheel nuts with it in the air, i span the wheel around and i could hear the baring it was a bit like a metallic whirring noise.
Remove the wheel and undo the hub nut, i used my breaker bar with a large piece of pipe to help. The nut is 30mm
You need to remove the hand brake cable first, it is held in place by the clip below, just
prise it of then slip the cable out of the bracket and slide it through the hole.
Then you need to remove the caliper and the carrier, the end bolts are 13mm and the inner nut is 15mm, the carrier is a hex but i don't know the size (Its not huge but not small) Then remove the disc by using the screw.
Now it starts to get a bit more unpredictable, i used a ball joint splitter to knock the hub off, i just slotted it behind the hub resting on the ABS ring and tapped it with my little 4lb lump hammer, most of it came straight of but the rear ball race stuck on. I then removed the whole stub axle which is held on with four 16mm bolts, i could then put it in the vice and tap the rest of the bearing off, it took me about 10 mins to do it but it could have been worse you can never tell.
Next DONT get carried away and put the new bearing on the stub axle because you will find as i did you cant bolt it back on the car.
Now bolt the stub axle back on the car.
And slip the new bearing on to it, then using the old hub nut do up the bearing so it sits up to the back of the hub do it tight but not FT then undo it and put the new one on which you will need to do up really FT i don't know the torque setting for these but as you cant crush the bearings FT is about right.
Now its a reversal of the stripping process first put the disc back on.
Rest carried on after picture break....
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