I am gonna fix this soon, but I was curious as to the longest everyone has driven on a noisy rear wheel bearing b4 changing it?

 

nothing good can come from driving on that bearing, easy to fix

 

drive long enough on it and you will have to replace the hub too.

 

I wasn't asking for advice

I have had Honda's for longer than 50% of the people here have been alive.

as I stated in my orig post:
I am fixing it, so don't waste bandwidth telling me to.
I also know how easy it is, been there done that.
ok kiddies?


I was simply curious about the question I asked.
NOT
"How long -can I-...."
BUT
"How long have you-...."

 

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DUH!!


Master of stating the obvious, you are.

 

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Ha good luck changing a rear wheel bearing w/o changing the hub. Nobody sells just the bearing the sell the whole hub. And if you are looking to save a few bucks, pretty much all the EF(drum and disc brakes) and DA rear wheel hubs are exactly the same, so if you know where you might can find a junk one in good shape your golden. I just used the hub off my old drum trailing arms after I did my disc swap.

It is pretty freaking easy to change since you are just changing the hub, once you get the brakes off then its just one nut, exactly the same nut as the axle nut on the front.

But I once drove hell probably 1000 miles and did a HPDE at Road Atlanta with a bad rear wheel bearing. Probably could have kept going it didn't seem like it was getting any worse, but I changed it cause I was about to do another HPDE and the noise was really starting to drive me nuts.

 

I drove on a bad wheel bearing in my ef hatch for 4 months!!!

then finally i scored at the junk yard and found a 92' DA in really good condition.

so I got both new front wheel hubs for 60$

which is a steal, since the local machine shop was trying to charge me $50 to press the bearing and 110$ just for the new bearing..

 

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Ha good luck changing a rear wheel bearing w/o changing the hub. Nobody sells just the bearing the sell the whole hub.
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yup
I am glad you know that
It is the bearing in the hub that is noisy not the hub.
I guess I was too specific.
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And if you are looking to save a few bucks, pretty much all the EF(drum and disc brakes) and DA rear wheel hubs are exactly the same, so if you know where you might can find a junk one in good shape your golden. I just used the hub off my old drum trailing arms after I did my disc swap.

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Unfortunately I have no Idea how to break the hub nut loose in a junkyard.
No impact wrench.
If anyone can tell me how to get the rear hub off when the junker has no ebrake
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It is pretty freaking easy to change since you are just changing the hub, once you get the brakes off then its just one nut, exactly the same nut as the axle nut on the front.
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Yup
glad you know that too.
I have pulled the same hub about 2.5yrs ago cuz it was noisy
when I put it back ont it was quiet.
after 30-40k it is noisy again.
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But I once drove hell probably 1000 miles and did a HPDE at Road Atlanta with a bad rear wheel bearing. Probably could have kept going it didn't seem like it was getting any worse, but I changed it cause I was about to do another HPDE and the noise was really starting to drive me nuts. </TD></TR></TABLE>

cool
I have put 3k or more on the noisy thing, getting noisier all the time, but no play on the wheel .....yet

and a silly question I should know
DA is a gen1 teg?

 

DA=90-93 integra 2nd Gen.

 

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Thank you for answering my question.


Does anyone have a trick to remove the rear spindle nut w/o power tools or the rear breaks to hold the thing still?

 

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im confused, if someone told you 3 years how would that affect anything for your situation seeing how objective and specific it is?

glad to see your fixing it.

 

as far as i remember, the rear hub is held on by a stationary stud that doesnt rotate, so just throw a 32mm on that hoe and reef her with a breaker bar. u dont need to remove the brakes.
Dan