Wheel Bearing Replacement

mindbox

Posting this really as an example of how well my car has served me over the years.

My Kia Rio 2001 has now done 78,000 miles and in reviewing another post on a wheel bearing replacement I thought I should post up about the fact that one of my rear wheel bearings has just gone, how did I notice this....

Well firstly I thought I had a hole somewhere in the exhaust as the sound was just like a blown exhaust and lots of reverberation through the centre of the exhaust channel, of course it wasn't the exhaust at all.

Once the car was up on the ramp, and the exhaust had been fully checked out with no leaks, I gave the wheels a spin and noticed that the rear drivers side wheel, right next to the exhaust back box was making a grinding sound when spinning. Cause wheel bearing, also grabbing the wheel and trying to move it I noticed some play back and forth, only a few millimeters, but of course enough to wobble and start causing vibrations through the car.

Total cost £30 for the part and £35 for the labour, my garage is great. Hope this helps someone who might be experiencing a similar issue. Next up I'm changing out the shock absorbers and at £65 a set, not the most expensive job in the world, this one I'll be doing myself.

Wig

That is a good garage, I bet he pressed it out with an hydraulic press. Wish I had one of those (hydraulic press);)

mindbox

Yeah he did, I would have had a go myself if it wasn't for the press, be nice to have one of those.

boyse7en

You can do it with a bench vice and a selection of sockets/metal lumps to hold the carrier in place.
It is, however, much easier to use a hydraulic press. I went to my local motorcycle dealership (I am a customer of theirs) on a Saturday afternoon and asked if I could use theirs, took me about half an hour (had a couple of issue) and cost me a packet of biscuits.

malkyh

boyse7en wrote: »

You can do it with a bench vice and a selection of sockets/metal lumps to hold the carrier in place.
It is, however, much easier to use a hydraulic press. I went to my local motorcycle dealership (I am a customer of theirs) on a Saturday afternoon and asked if I could use theirs, took me about half an hour (had a couple of issue) and cost me a packet of biscuits.

I hope they were chocolate.

paddedjohn

Big hammer and a drift to remove the old one and a big socket and a vice to replace the new one, easy enough without the press

red_eye

boyse7en wrote: »

You can do it with a bench vice and a selection of sockets/metal lumps to hold the carrier in place.
It is, however, much easier to use a hydraulic press. I went to my local motorcycle dealership (I am a customer of theirs) on a Saturday afternoon and asked if I could use theirs, took me about half an hour (had a couple of issue) and cost me a packet of biscuits.

when I was an apprentice I used a hammer, drift and the odd socket