26street510

hey fellaz.. i hav a 99 EK coupe. my front driver side wheel bearing needs to be replaced. some guy around my area is parting out his ek civic but has an automatic transmission.. will his wheel bearing fit in minds. im planning on buying the whole spindle. thanks.

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 26street510 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey fellaz.. i hav a 99 EK coupe. my front driver side wheel bearing needs to be replaced. some guy around my area is parting out his ek civic but has an automatic transmission.. will his wheel bearing fit in minds. im planning on buying the whole spindle. thanks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it depends on the model? if the coupe is an ex, then no. but if not then yes.

ex/si, have larger brakes. the tranny has nothing to do with it.

26street510

thanks. i think its better to just buy a new one anyways and install it.. any special tools i'll need?

MonkeyBoy668

If you have the year, model, & trim level of each, you could go to any number of online dealer websites and compare part#s between the two cars. If the part#s are the same then they're 100% interchangeable.

If they're not the same, they still may be swappable - you need to reply with which two cars you're looking at so someone with more knowledge than me can share their wisdom.

26street510

my car is a 99-00 civic dx.
the car thats being parted out is a 96 civic ex... thanks for the info. im going to call autozone for the part numbers and see if the match.

na+b18c_hatch

yeah i would def. go with a new one. and yes, you need some sort of press to do a wheel bearing. you need to press the old hub out, which will more than likely take half of the bearing with it. then you need to press the other half of the bearing out. its just not worth the extra effort, and it would probably be pointless. just go for the new one.

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 26street510 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my car is a 99-00 civic dx.
the car thats being parted out is a 96 civic ex... thanks for the info. im going to call autozone for the part numbers and see if the match. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i wouldn't just take the used wheel bearing, not worth it. but if you take the spindle then cool. just makes sure you take both front spindles, being that the dx has a smaller spindle than the ex, due to it's smaller brakes.

hate for you to have 9" rotor on one side and a 10" rotor on the other.

26street510

yup i agree. me and my freind who happens to hav the tool to change bearings are going to change it tomorow. hopfully no more problems. once i fix something another problem pops up.. i just did a 6 puck clutch upgrade and thats when i saw my wheel moving a little.

na+b18c_hatch

yeah my sister has a 99 si and both front wheel bearings are gone, well that is until i did the right one. but the left one is still shot, its just a pretty common problem when you start putting some mileage on your car.

26street510

philosofy your right. i wouldnt mind having a bigger rotor. i might as well buy the rear brake kit from him too. i'll decide tonight what i'll do. thanks..

26street510

how come you only replaced 1? if thats the case im better off buying both wheel bearings.

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 26street510 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">philosofy your right. i wouldnt mind having a bigger rotor. i might as well buy the rear brake kit from him too. i'll decide tonight what i'll do. thanks..</TD></TR></TABLE>

that's your best bet. front and rear, what a sweet combo. trust me, you will not regret it.

na+b18c_hatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 26street510 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how come you only replaced 1? if thats the case im better off buying both wheel bearings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i only had time to do one. but yeah, you might want to get both, because normally when one goes the other is not far behind.

26street510

im gald to hear that his auto tranny axles had nothing to do with the spindle. im sure i wont regret it. i just put a greddy turbo kit d16z6 in the car and the brakes were something i really wanted to upgrade. im emailing the seller right now.