change front wheel bearing on rear wheel drive car, 1994 mercury cougar xr7
sure you can but your better off to buy the whole hub with the bearing already in it ! that makes the job a whole lot easier then pressing the old bearing out and pressing a new bearing back in !
use a pair of channel locks.pull the round cap in the middle take out the cotter pin and remove the nutjacked up of course give the wheel a tap out comes the outer wheel bearing take rotor off use a long drift and punch our rear wheel bearong and seal.get new seal and bearings pack with wheel bearing grease .there are two races the bearing rides on.it's simpl;e to remove but ask where you buy the bearings as they are a setpu it all back together opposite correct torque on th nut .away you goeasy and no press required
Replacement of Front wheel Bearings on a Rear Wheel Drive vehicle is pretty straightforward. Jack up and support vehicle on Jack Stands. Remove Wheel and Tire Assembly. Drive brake caliper piston back to provide clearance between brakes and rotor, Remove caliper from caliper support and support it using wire to any available point. remove caliper support assembly. remove bearing hub cap, remove locking cotter pin, castellated nut and outer bearing, remove inner bearing and seal from disk assembly, drive damaged outer bearing race from hub assembly using a hammer and drift punch, discard damaged inner bearing and race assembly. thoroughly grease new bearing assembly, and clean and grease the other bearing if it is not being replaced, drive new outer bearing race into rotor hub using a suitable driver tool and hammer, clean disk hub and all bearing surfaces and install fully greased inner bearing assembly and inner bearing seal, reinstall rotor onto spindle and install greased outer bearing, flanged washer and castellated nut, tighten nut until snug while rotating the rotor and make sure rotor rotates smoothly even when nut is tight, back off nut a tiny bit, just enough to get the cotter pin in position, some have a normal nut and a castellated retainer, in which case tighten the bearing retainer nut snug then back off about 1/12 of a turn then find the position where the castellated retainer will both fit on the nut and allow the cotter pin to be installed. Install cotter pin, if it is not excessively damaged it can be re-used. Reinstall bearing hub cap. brake caliper support, caliper, wheel and tire.
