Hello everyone,
I am about to repair my front wheel bearing as I suspect it to be bad without play. I have no vibration, play sense movement when driving. I just hear and feel the constant sort of "Woa Woa" low rumble type noise. I check all the ball joints and tug the wheels and no play.
Since I am replacing the bearing any way, I am considering the ROH conversion. The problem is I am really tight on money and I want to do this as little as possible so I would like to get some advice. Here's what I would like to do: I want to do the ROH conversion and retain my 14" steelies as the tires are still good and I have no money to buy new tires and 15" rims. So it comes down to a 2.3CL hubs but I cannot find it used for a good price any where. I certainly cannot put out $200 just for the hubs. The best I could find is some guy on Ebay that sell the entire knuckle with joints and every thing for $90 each side. The problem with that Ebay deal is I don't have the money plus I don't need all the parts as all of my joints are still good.
Looking at Acura parts, the hubs for 3.0CL and 2.3CL are the same part number. The only different are the bearings. With that in mind, I want to keep the 10.2" rotors to fit my 14" steelies. I also would like to not having to spend the $35 having the bearings press out and in. Also I cannot find any shop nearby to even do it at $35 much less find one that would do just that and not wanting to do the job for me.
I find it's easier to find a 3.0CL hub/bearing than finding the 2.3CL. So I was just wondering if the bearing from the 3.0CL would fit onto the CB7 knuckle to save me the money and hassle of finding a press?
I would like any other suggestions that could help save money by keeping my 14" steelies, my calipers. The thing is my brake pads are OEM and they have 80% left and I won't want to waste $65 on new pads. Could I use these old pads with the new rotors?
I did a search and found this link, but did not answer my questions.

Thanks.

 

I would wait longer if you're on a budget and do not want to spend much til you come across a set of used CL front knuckle that has the ROH setup for a decent price. Yes, they are hard to come by. One time I was on the hunt for a set, but I can only find one which was for the passenger side, I believe.

So I told myself, why not do it right and do it once? So I went with all Honda & Acura OEM parts to save me any problem in the near future. It was quite spendy, but you know its worth it. But good luck on your search. And yes, you can use the old pads with the new rotors. I would lightly sand down the pads to smooth them out for the new rotors. I don't think anyone tried the 3.0L bearings on the 90-97 Accord knuckles as some of the 3.0 are 5 lugs which is a no go.

 

I believe Honda Accords 98-03 may have the same front bearing as well.

Anyone correct me if I may be wrong.