I will be changing a wheel bearing on my 2002 Legacy Outback this weekend if the ground freezes. Any differences from an Mazda, Honda, Nissan, that I have done before?
Put new bearing in the freezer.
Remove hub.
Scrape rust, remove snap ring, push out old bearing.
Gently heat empty hub, drop in new bearing, press the rest of the way.
Reverse the tear down procedure.
Rear bearing or front?
I think they switched to unit bearings in 05?
The press in bearings are so much easier with a Hub Shark (or knockoff from harbor freight) it's not even funny. I never mess with heating/freezing or press shenanigans anymore.
Front
I really need to look into the hub shark, my wife's 5 needs a bearing too.
I'm just too cheap and have a lift and press.
If you already had a 20 ton press would you cough up the money to get one of those expensive hub shark kits or the even more expensive OTC version? Part of me thinks it would be amazing to have just because of the variety of adapters included. And the videos make it look really fast and easy. I spend so much time just jacking around trying to find the combination of sockets and things every time I have to use the press. My experience with the harbor freight versions of tools like this is that they never seem to have exactly the right adapter I need for my application.
On my 01 Legacy this was a pain of a job. You've got the right idea though. From memory: Remove the knuckle. The upper ball joint pinch bolt was scary lookin' so I ended up removing the lower nut and removing the ball joint with the knuckle. Press out the hub. Flip over, remove clip, press out the bearing. Press in new bearing, install clip, flip over, press in hub. Reinstall knuckle and replace the axle nut.
The other side needed replacement shortly after on my car, FYI.
I bought the otc hub tamer when my audi needed 3 bearings. Worked great. I Cought it on sale at napa for like 300. I now have a 20 ton press and use all the adapters from the kit.
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