Wheel Bearing

[Guest]

I have a wheel bearing problem Im pretty sure (not sure if its the right forum for this)

The thing is im not sure if its the left or right rear.

Are the bearings interchangeable? (can they go on both sides or do you need a specific left or right front/rear)

Also how hard is it to change by yourself (only having limited mechanical knowledge!)

Also whats the typical price I would be paying if i was to take it to a garage?

Cheers

TIA

[Guest jedi warrior]

about $80 + labour

sort of something you wana find someone to show you how to do it

jack up your car and move the wheel around if it knocks or has sloppy movement you will know which side it is. compare both sides and find the worst one

[log1call]

Find a bit of quiet road and swerve and listen if the noise gets louder and quieter as you go from left turn to right turn. If it's a wheel bearing it will get significantly louder as the weight of the car is thrown onto it. So a left side bearing gets noisier as you swerve to the right. If you want to verify it you could jack it up and turn the wheel with your fingers resting on the bearing housing, try each side and sometimes it is really obvious which is the rumbbly one.

[DRFVDR]

 log1call said:

Find a bit of quiet road and swerve and listen if the noise gets louder and quieter as you go from left turn to right turn. If it's a wheel bearing it will get significantly louder as the weight of the car is thrown onto it. So a left side bearing gets noisier as you swerve to the right. If you want to verify it you could jack it up and turn the wheel with your fingers resting on the bearing housing, try each side and sometimes it is really obvious which is the rumbbly one.

+1

the noisey bearing will always show it self while cornering

just to clarify Wot was said the failing bearing will make more noise when it is on the outside of the corner and more weight is on it

[log1call]

If you are not sure about swapping the bearing then pull the hub and take it to an engineering shop where they will press the old bearing out and the new one in.

It can be done at home but you need to know what you are doing and you will need some threaded rod and a variety of steel plates and spacers to use to pull the old bearings out and the new ones inn.

[Guest]

left and right are the same but best to take out bearing to get part number off bearing case. u would need a variety of tools to do the job properly such as circlips, 32in impact socket, various sockets and spanners, press to get bearing casing out of hub carrier and hub and new bearing into hub carrier, circlip in and hub pressed into bearing case. all in all, unless u have done one before i would recommend leaving to the professionals, theres an order to doing it and if u miss a step youre screwed. plus depending on your car u may have adjustable camber bolts which need to be marked so as to put them back in the same place to keep alignment settings as close to before they were taken out. i can recommend hansen auto repairs in central auckland.