Ok so my left front wheel bearing is shot , the hub and rotor move around about a half in lol .

I got the axel nut off and the rotor , but im not sure about how to get the hub off the axel because I've seen a few ways to do it on here then a local website tells me yet another way .


First I've read that all you need is a slide hammer and slide hammer flange and it will pull the hub right off or beat it with a hammer .

In another thread on here someone said that you have to use a pickle fork and disconnect the upper and lower ball joints and tie rod ends and pull it all off .

then the local guys said i have to just disconnect the lower balljoint then the hub will fall or tilt over then you put the old axel nut back on just to cover the end of the axel then hit it with a hammer to break it loose from the hub then pull the hub off . they said you have the hub tilted over to be able to have room to remove the axel .

So now im confused so can someone that has done this to a crx please help me out i have a 90 crx si tia

 

Get a ball joint seperator and take off the lower ball joint and viola the axle will slide right out like butter. There is no reason to use a hammer at least from my experience.

 

k thanks ill give it a shot , so seperating the lower ball joint is a must

 

in order to replace the bearing, you will need to remove the entire knuckle/hub assembly, which means disconnecting upper and lower ball joints, disconnecting the tie rod and removing the brake caliper - the bearing needs to be pressed out/into hub

 

great so which way is it now sorry i wasnt clear in my first post im doing this to replace my wheel bearing .

so b.d racing were you explaining the process if i just wanted to replace the axel ?

and what jlicrx is how i go about changing the wheel bearing (i know it needs to be pressed in and out once i get the right stuff out but im confused as hell right now on what i need to remove and how to change the bearing)

 

ok im understanding it a little better now , and thanks for the help you guys . I have one more question .

you said i had the pull everything out , and the knuckle is presses into the hub and that needs to be removed to get to the wheel bearing , well why cant you use a hub puller to get it off the knuckle then get the old bearing out and press the new one in and put it back on and use the axel nut to press the hub back onto the knuckle (found this in another post ) again thanks for evryones help

 

OK, go get a pickle fork and disconnect the tie-rod, lower ball joint from the lower control arm, and disconnect the upper control arm from the knuckle assy. then you can slide the whole assy off of the car to include the cv axle if the axle nut is off. then you will need to take the hub assy to a local shop to have the old bearings pressed out and the new ones pressed in. This is assuming you dont have a press.

 

thanks everyone for your help , once i got everything apart i understood it alot better .

Had a little trouble pressing it out , I used a 22 ton press , the new one went in with ease .

 

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My theory is screw wd40! If its stuck f#$2 it up! With a BFH!

 

wtf guys.

you need to take the knuckle off the car and press out the bearing. the "slide hammer on the car" way is only to replace the hub (or wheel stud) and it isn't a good idea anyway. you need to get the bearing out, so you need a press. if you don't have one, take the knuckle and a new bearing to a shop and have them do it.

search "ball joint removal" and you'll see how they come off. i like the ratchet on the lower, and opposing force/hammer on the others. don't hit anything other than the knuckle or the lca with a hammer.

definately dont hit the axle with a hammer. or the ball joint. ymmv.

you press out the hub first, then remove the snap ring and press out the bearing the other way.

if it isn't easy now, it will be after you've done it once.

 

Saw this excellent write-up a while back (lots of pics!). Should help you visualize what needs to be done... Nice to have your own press

http://hybrids.jp/forum/showthread.php?t=22205