[Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Bruce:
 I would just check the other bearing, maybe let the machine shop take look.
No point in replacing something good. Watch that the bearings are pressed in
properly by the shop. Look at the spindles and how the bearing sets in them
before you send them out. Get the old bearings back. They should not be
beaten up if the shop has a press. Otherwise just pound them in and out at
home yourself! Just like the old days!
.
Replace the front sway bar body mounts too. How about the strut rod
bushings? Does the control arm come with bushings? Do you have the proper
tool for the inner tie rods? The big socket for the hub nuts?
You can pound the axle out of the hub but Autozone does have a free loaner
hub puller.
.
.



> Hey all, need some help making sure I'm getting everything I need to
replace
> my two front wheel bearings before the convention. Well only one is got
play
> to it but I figure what's good for one is good for the other. I'm gonna be
> doing this myself with the exception of the pressing in and out of the new
and
> old bearings. I plan to pull both front knuckles and take them over to my
> local napa that has a machine shop in it and have them do the pressing of
the
> bearings.
>
> So I need to order all the "needed" parts ahead of time so that I'm not
trying
> to find all these things last minute or spend loads on buying them
locally. I
> figure that I need to get 2 of the large nut on the end of the spindle and
the
> bearings themselves. Is there anything else I should be getting when doing
> this? Also are there any good tips or tricks to these? I'm gonna be
replacing
> my Lower control arms and ball joints at the same time as well as both the
> inner and outer tie rods, and the front sway links too. I have just about
> everything I need except for the control arms and the bearing parts and
I'm
> just about to submit an order on rockauto.
>
> I know I'm gonna need an alignment after this so I'm planning on getting
that
> scheduled for late in the day that I plan on attacking this. Cause I also
need
> a new windshield, and my NYS inspoection taken care of.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
> 94 Opal Frost MTX
> 93 Black ATX - winter beater then parts car :-)
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