Rear wheel bearing, anything to be aware of when DIY?

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:19 pm

I am planning on replacing my rear wheel bearing very soon, have read and digested the Haynes on the subject, and it looks pretty straight-forward, anyone done this job, and is there anything to look out for, tips etc?

Incidently its a 1.9td d8 with drums on the back.

Ta

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:24 pm

think they more or less straight forward lucky you not got the D9 cos i believe you
have to change the hub

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:30 pm

I do enjoy the simplicity of the d8, the part is listed as a hub assembly, a very shiny bit with splines. It seems you just have to pull the old part out, and drift the new bit in (fingers crossed).

I am holding out for the weather to change before i get the thing in bits, could be waiting a while!!

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:35 pm

puggy wrote:think they more or less straight forward lucky you not got the D9 cos i believe you
have to change the hub

Don't worry about it, its a doddle. Had to do one of mine not long after picking up the car.

All you need is a decent puller and a decent torque wrench to tighten it back up afterwards.

Part is about £50 and took a couple of hours to do, worst bit is dismantling the handbrake shoes etc than actually removing replacing the hub.

Fog

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:57 pm

Thanks for that, I will update when the rain stops, and I can get to work!
Aparently, we are having sunshine on the 15th July

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:16 pm

its called a drive flange
i had to replace one on mine only as i mullerd the thread for the wheel bolts
as foggy said you need a bloody good puller and a slide hammer to get the bugger out
mine had discs on the back which makes it slightly easier to change but there fairly straight forward to change its just getting the old bugger out

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:26 pm

Wish i had discs on the rear too, I have the Battle of the Drum

to win, before I can get at the bearing!!

diesel-dog · Post by **diesel-dog** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:39 pm

Does anyone know what size the rear hub nut is?

My socket set only goes upto 32mm, wondered if i need to buy anything bigger!