lostforawhile
11-08-2005, 04:06 PM
has anyone found a source for the rear wheel bearings by themselves?
they say you can't buy them apart from the hub,but it is a seperate bearing that can be pressed out. I had one lock up on me today going to get lunch from work,had to go all the way home at like ten miles an hour,because the wheel kept wanting to lock up and drag. luckily i had a spare set of hubs that had only 160000 miles on them,they came from an 89 lxi hatch. I wonder if they improved them in 89 vs. the 86 ones? I would like to replace the bearings in the original ones for a set of spares. anyway here are a few pictures. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob001.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob002.jpg
the smell of burnt grease for lunch
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob003.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob004.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob005.jpg
cathy helping work on the opposite side,after we discover the side we just replaced wasn't the main problem
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob008.jpg :uh: it's wierd because the bad bearing seemed fine off of the car,yet you could clearly hear it making a bunch of noise under load.
they say you can't buy them apart from the hub,but it is a seperate bearing that can be pressed out. I had one lock up on me today going to get lunch from work,had to go all the way home at like ten miles an hour,because the wheel kept wanting to lock up and drag. luckily i had a spare set of hubs that had only 160000 miles on them,they came from an 89 lxi hatch. I wonder if they improved them in 89 vs. the 86 ones? I would like to replace the bearings in the original ones for a set of spares. anyway here are a few pictures. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob001.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob002.jpg
the smell of burnt grease for lunch
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob003.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob004.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob005.jpg
cathy helping work on the opposite side,after we discover the side we just replaced wasn't the main problem
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/brakejob008.jpg :uh: it's wierd because the bad bearing seemed fine off of the car,yet you could clearly hear it making a bunch of noise under load.