front wheel bearing replacement - got ideas?

Riggodeaux · #1 12-02-2015, 05:37 PM

You guys are gluttons for punishment doing the bearing job. When my front right started roaring, I did a little research and then turned it over to a competent local indy shop. The tech said it was one huge PITA, despite having the proper tools.

IgotBMW · #2 12-02-2015, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Riggodeaux

You guys are gluttons for punishment doing the bearing job. When my front right started roaring, I did a little research and then turned it over to a competent local indy shop. The tech said it was one huge PITA, despite having the proper tools.

Can you give us an idea of how much this job cost from an indy?

upallnight · #3 12-02-2015, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Riggodeaux

You guys are gluttons for punishment doing the bearing job. When my front right started roaring, I did a little research and then turned it over to a competent local indy shop. The tech said it was one huge PITA, despite having the proper tools.

Hardest part is probably removing the circlip. If you can change suspension components or a cv axle, you can do the front bearing. Once I get the cv joint out of the hub and remove the hub with a slide hammer and the circlip, it takes me less than 10 minutes to push out the bearing with my hydraulic knock out punch.

TriX5 · #4 12-04-2015, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Riggodeaux

You guys are gluttons for punishment doing the bearing job. When my front right started roaring, I did a little research and then turned it over to a competent local indy shop. The tech said it was one huge PITA, despite having the proper tools.

I did both sides on my (now sold) 4.8iS. It was fairly straightforward once I bought the 20 ton press from HF. You need a fair number of sleeves, bushings and pieces of pipes to use as helping pieces while pressing the old item out and the new one in. But assuming a decently stocked tool box and a press, this is not an impossible task.