rcgrillo

I'm trying to replace my old wheel bearing's with new ones first things is that the new wheel bearing's don't come with the attachment that goes with the axle. Another thing is that I've taken out all the screws front & back and the wheel hub won't come out or budge at all. I've used hub pully and still nothing moves. Can someone help me with this prob thanks.

SlammedAccord96

Ok, I'll just give u a step by step on how to replace these. First, there are two parts to a hub assembly, the hub (part with the axle spines and the wheel studs), and the bearing. On the accord (90-97) the rotor is between the two parts.

The easiest way to do these at home is to take off the knuckle completely (unbolt axle, upper balljoint, lower balljoint, tie rod end, and caliper), then take off the 4 12mm bolts (I believe they are 12 point bolts) from the back of the bearing. But, the bearing still won't come out because it is somewhat seized into the knuckle (this is the problem you are having). So, you have to screw each bolt back in a few threads, then get an old 12mm socket and put it on each bolt and hit it with the hammer (go around all 4 bolts with the hammer, it will start to seperate the bearing from the knuckle).

Then, once you have removed the bearing from the knuckle, you will have to spin the bearing and the rotor will drop out of the middle (its easy to understand when you have it taken apart). So then you should be left with the hub and bearing.

These are pressed together, so take them to a shop and pay someone $20 to press out the hubs from the old bearings, and press them into the new bearings. Some people use a slide hammer to pull the hubs out of the bearings (while they are still on the car), then use the axle nut and an impact gun to "press" the hub into the new bearing, but this risks damaging the new bearing and I think it's better to do it with a real press. Now would be a good time to change your rotors if you need to. Any questions LMK but it should be self-explanatory.

rcgrillo

ok thanks for the info but the prob is that I had to screw out the 4 screws from the front they was rusted on and i put the right size socket to take it out and it just spun out and I messed up the head so I just had no other choise but to screw them out but the ones on the back came out just fine. The hub spins from the rotor but there is no way to pull it out & the hub puller I have isn't working neather. I've tried to take off the castle nut but its not coming out neather do u know of any tricks to take it out without braking the car like I want to now lol thanks.

TheMuffinMan

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Did you look at the brake thread in the Accord FAQ?

rcgrillo

no i didn't were can i find that at? I was working on the car today and fixed all the 4 screws that belong to the hub and tried to use the hub puller and nothing happend at all all 4 nuts from the back where out and still nothing.