I have basic car knowledge and I do my breaks every time they need to be done but I have never done the Bearings. Does anyone know how much they would cost to do the fronts and the time frame to do it. Also how easy is it to do?
does it really have wheel bearing in front, since its front wheel drive? or do u mean changing the cv joint?
Shouldn't be a problem for you. Time: maybe an hour per bearing if you're doing it without a lift. Cost varies based on vehicle...expect 40-60 bucks per bearing.
it relies upon on witch one. front or rear. front come aside with a particular socket takes under half-hour to alter. the bearing race will probably provide the main hassle. Use a race puller and u would desire to b ok. The rear is a little extra complicated. The axle would desire to be remover from the rear end via removing the inspection cover on the rear pumpkin. Takes approximately an hour.
It's really hard to answer your question without know the make ,model yr of the vehicle's,because on some of them you would have to change the wheel hub ,because the bearings are press into the hub.If you happen to have the rotors with the bearings inside of them ,the front bearing will just fall out once you remove the nut,the back one will need to be knocked out ,not hard to do.You will need a new grease seal for the back bearing
When you have the brake calipers off, just remove the rotor by removing the nut, cotter pin, etc (whatever arrangement your car has) and swapping new bearing for the old ones. The inner and outer bearings are different. The trick is packing the bearing. Which means getting as much grease in the bearing as you can before you install it. Basically, you get a glob of grease in the palm of one hand and press the outer edge of the bearing into it until grease has worked through to the inner rim. After replacing the bearings and rotor, replace the spindle nut and tighten just until it's snug, but not so tight that the rotor doesn't turn by hand. Then replace the caliper and so on.
