Okay, so I just finished replacing the other front wheel bearing and that didn't do the trick. The noise sounds like a bad bearing--growling that varies with vehicle speed. I've checked the driveline, but I can't find any obvious slop in the U-joints. What else can it be????

rear wheel bearing?

something in the tranny?

I read through the rear axle section in the Haynes manual. The rear "bearings" are a CV joint, no? They detail a teardown on the inner CV, but say that the outer CV must be replaced with the shaft assembly? Is this correct? Anybody have rear bearings go bad? Can they be replaced? Thanks! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

I believe mine are bad, and my car's been sitting for a couple weeks https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png . After reading everything, I've decided to just take it somewhere and pay, rather than deal with the headache myself.



but to answer your question, based on what I've read, it can be done, but it's not in your normal repair manual

yes it can be done, and yes they're probably bad, and yes they make the car growl, I had to replace mine.



The rear bearings are pressed into the toe control hub, so they must be pressed out... it's a sealed bearing, looks uncannily like a scaled up RC car wheel bearing.

is it a normal repair that any garage/machine shop would know how to do, or should I take mine to the dealership?

I would think most garages could handle it, as long as they are careful (the toe control hub is aluminum) and have some kind of reference. When I did mine, I borrowed a 'hub shark' from the local CarX which I used to work at... replacing the wheel bearing would have been something I could have brought there to have done, but I wouldnt trust their 'mechanics' after working with them... not even to change the oil, they'll strip the plug.

well, I've heard nothing but good things about a certain garage, which happens to be ~1 mile from my house, so that's cool



last question: are the bearings something common, that they might have, or should I order them, and bring them to the garage?

The garage probably won't have it in stock, but they should be able to get them via the local parts suppliers. I bought mine at the local autozone, they were decent timken bearings too. If I remember correctly, they were around $40 each. I was surprised to get a namebrand bearing from autozone.

The garage probably won't have it in stock, but they should be able to get them via the local parts suppliers. I bought mine at the local autozone, they were decent timken bearings too. If I remember correctly, they were around $40 each. I was surprised to get a namebrand bearing from autozone. [/quote]

thanks for the info.



hell, I wouldn't know a name-brand bearing if it had a "swoosh" on it!