Have my civic in pieces right now because I am replacing a ton of things.
After I got my hub assembly off, I noticed a tiny bit of wiggle room from the wheel bearings.

Should I replace them now, or no? The car is a 93 with 160k on the shell.
Will I regret not replacing them?

 

Before you go ahead and replace them, put everything back together and torque the axle nuts to spec.

Now if there is any play, replace the bearing(s).



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Ugh, yeah don't want to do this job twice. I think I am just going to replace them and not worry about it later.

 

REPLACE IT NOW WHILE everything is APART

 

Any play is bad...can warp your rotors too. Just replace it while you have it apart if you can afford it.

 

Well, then you answered your own question.


Front wheel bearings are expensive and have to be pressed out/in. If it were me, I wouldn't want to replace them unless they were bad.

Plus removing/installing a steering knuckle on a Civic is easy.


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if u call $50 a piece expensive... go to a pepboys or something and bring just the steering knuckles it will be cheap as **** since half the work is already done...

 

Doing my drivers side from wheel bearing yesterday on my 95 ej and I broke my second breaker bar. Autozone, you sell crap. Honda, your axle nuts are always a b!itch to get off...and the car was stone cold too! WTF? She's got 260k so that might be it hahaha