My brothers car needs a wheel bearing in the rear and every shop we take it to wants an astronomical price to do it since they're press in bearings and I can't do it myself because I don't have the tool to press them in. now what are the difference between hub bearings and wheel bearings? I ask because I was thinking of just replacing the whole hub assembly and saving money doing it myself. Is this plausible? I have mechanical experience but I've never dealt with this before.

 

That's how I did mine when the bearing went; just bought an entirely new hub which is pre-loaded with the bearings.

 

Are the wheel bearing and hub bearing the same thing? That's what I'm having trouble deciphering right now.

 

Most places will show a picture of what you are buying......wheel vs hub can "interchange" depending on the site/place.....hum age of the person...providing the "description" of the part.

Looking at the service manual, both the rear disc/drum set ups are a full assy....bearing and hub being made together.

So that makes me wonder about the "shops" giving the quotes :shurg: . To me the hardest part of the job is the 134 to 139 ft lbs the axel nut is.

 

The front bearing needs to be pressed in.

The rear comes as a hub/bearing.

Help us out with some more information. Is your car a LX,DX, EX? V6 or 4-cylinder? Automatic or manual transmission?