I have a 1993 Honda prelude vtec JDM h22 and my front wheel bearings have been slowly getting worse and worse. I have already gotten the new bearings i just havent had the time to tear the front end apart and swap them out. Can anybody tell me about what it would cost to take it to a shop and have them swap the front bearings out? If i bring them the car and the new bearings. Thanks for the help

 

3.6 hours is the flat rate for both sides, or 2.0 hours each.

 

but odds are they are going to tell you you need ball joints and other **** while they are in there, you may be better off just taking the hubs out and bringing them to a shop to have them press the old out and new in

 

If you are inclined enough to tackle it yourself you could always pick up a cheap press from harbor freight.

 

A lot to do it right...and you want it done right because it is very important. Just check around for quotes at different shops and try to get a detailed list of what they would do.

 

Got it, well my ball joints tie rods end links all that **** is brand new, all i have left is front bearings. but thanks for the help

 

I would pull your knuckles yourself and just take those to the shop to have the bearings put in. I assume you got an alignment after all the new '****'?

 

exactly what i did, and the press already paid for itself....shop wanted 45 for each to be pressed in. Not to bad but i mean i still already had to pull everything off myself. I paid 130 for the 12 ton press....and replaced both my wheel bearings and put extended wheel studs on.

 

To have a shop to do it for you... anywhere from $250 to 400 or cheaper if the shop know you well. If you do it yourself to take out both and give it and new wheel bearings to machine shop to take the old ones out and put new one in. 25 to 45 each. Thats what I did more cheaper.

 

awesome i appreciate it. and no i havent gotten it alligned cuz i still have the rear lower bjs to replace, i have them i just havent popped them in yet. ill probably just rip my knuckles out and take them somewhere. **** if a press at HF is only 130 i might go get my own!

 

Dude, I'm telling you it's the way to go a 12 ton press will do almost any of your car related items that need a press. (hell i use to use a bench vise, for most things) But i did my lbj's, put in extended studs and did my wheel bearings. And just the labor from those 3 things i'm sure the press paid for itself cause my local shop wanted 90 bucks to just press the 2 wheel bearings in. HF tools ftw.....sometimes lol

 

rent a slide hammer and the hub attatchment from autozone, pull them off, replace and push it back on there and torque the hub down. youll be fine. no need for a press and it took us 2 hours tops

 

awesome

 

do it yourself so you can use a torque wrench to tighten the axle nut. Most shops will over tighten them with an impact gun.

 

What I did on my '92 Accord was buy a pair of front knuckles off eBay, replace everything (bearings, hubs, and ball joints) and swapped them on when I was ready.

I think I paid only like $50 shipped for both knuckles. It was totally worth it. I could still drive my car and work on them when I had time. I'm not sure how Prelude knuckles are but I was able to pop my old bearings out of my Accord knuckles using a crank pulley puller and some imagination.

 

This sounds like a good way to do it, do you have to take the knuckle off?

 

bearing is in the knunkle so you have to take it off, my advice buy the press cause it is very useful.... this one job will pay for it. anyway if you take off the knuckle and you are friendly with a shop you could bring the knuckle to them and get a cheap rate for them to install the bearing or......? if you know what you are doing. btw, various size large sockets and old bearings are handy to have when using a press but it is normally easy to get the old bearing out and then you grind down the sides of the first quarter inch of that one and then use it to safely press in the new one. be a ware of what you are pushing on and into/against when you are using a press... the bearing is not one piece... push on/against where the friction is, and support the other side