repalcing wheel bearing with out a press
 

any of you guys reeplaced the front wheel bearings on a crx how hard was it and can it be done with out a press

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HAVE to have 20 ton press........make sure to replace the locking clip also.

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how much you thank a shop would charge if i brought the hub off the car and got them to cahnge the (front)bearing

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Ive pressed out a crx wheel bearing on a vice. Just get some big sockets and place them carefully.

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humm i might try the vice idea

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i just used a big socket and a hammer. worked fine. car still rides great. no noise no nothing. last time i checked with a machine shop. they were only charging 20 to take off the old one and put the new one on

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i did mine at a mchine shop was 40 for both pressed off and new one on

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big hammer with an even bigger person swinging it.

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hammering on a bearing is never a good idea. it might work if your lucky but bearings are very hard and can chip or crack easy.

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spend the couple bucks and save yourself headaches

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I've pulled the hub and inner race out of the front wheel bearing to install longer Acura wheelstuds. Repacked the bearing, put it back together. Was fine for 2-3 years. But the Teg brakes developed a weird vibration that was either the rotor or the bearings.

Everyone here needs to learn how to proper "pack" wheel bearings with grease, it is almost a art!

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just take a 5lb hammer and beat it out of the knuckle. Getting the race off is a beeotch though, usually you have to cut or grind the hell out of it to get it off. Be careful of hitting it, they frag into really sharp pieces (use eye protection)

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a bearing splitter and 20 ton press, that race comes right off.

Honestly, get 2-3-4 people, chip in $50 each and buy a 20 ton press from Harbor Freight and a $20 bearing splitter.

Then we'll talk about using old sockets and black pipe with end caps to press in/out bearings/bushings.

Just a redneck playing with Hondas.

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getting your old one out with a hammer might not be a bad idea but dont try and put in your new one with a hammer! As for the press, yes its the best way to go, My local parts/junkyard has a press and they let me use it as long as I buy the bearing from them. But Dont go buy a 20 ton press so you can do your own bearings. Seems kind of overbored to me, there is better things to spend money on.

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$150 on a 20 ton press that does wheel bearings, OBX diff bearings, poly suspension bushings, your money ahead within a year if you charge BEER for use of the press.


I know, I pay BEER to use the press!

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just swap out the whole knuckle, bearing, hub, everything... most junk yards sell them for 10 bucks, hahaha.

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wish I could find a yard to sell them for 10 bucks. Good idea Bone I may get one this weekend gotta Love Harbor freight's outdated pricing

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I buy mine for 10 bucks, 15 if I want the disk. thats canadian dollars.

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a press is pretty much the only way to go, and getting the inner race off is easy, just use a cut off wheel (cut almost all of it off at a angle, then get a large punch/chizel and hit it once and it will come right off. I do it everyday =)

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i fought with it for about 20 minutes and said ---- this took it and had the bearing changed at the gas station for 20 bucks