I have a knuckle from a 05sti that i got with my swap kit that turned out to have a bad wheel bearing. i need to get the old one pressed out and a new one pressed in. does anyone have someone they can recommended for me to go to? Also i was wondering the chances of this bad bearing also ruining the hub as there is a ton of play in it. Other the the spinning it and listing for metal grinding noise as well as moving it around checking for play is there any way i can check to make sure the other 3 bearings are not bad as well. The knuckles are off the car if this helps.
Most shops should get you an hour of time to do it. Or, get yourself a Hubtamer Elite and it will pay for itself in two or three wheel bearings.
yep, it's not a terrible job with a press. so just about any shop could do it. I payed a shop to do it once, but found owning my own press was far better. The $80 HF press has come in handy dozens of times, payed for itself many times over. Also, the inner races are held tight together by the axle nut, so if there's no axle through there, there will likely be some extra play in the bearing. The bearing has to be EXTREMELY gone to damage the hub/knuckle (I was picking rollers out of the snow in my rim, and the hub could probably be re-used in a pinch.
yea i think the hub will be ok. the bearing is terrrrible 3 of them have zero movement at all this one literally moves a quarter of a inch when u rock it side to side. i know all u need is a press problem is i have no where to store it (gotta love apartment life) was looking for shops local that people have had them done at.
the alignment guy jeff said he would do my wheel bearing for 20 bucks we will see how it goes he did a great job on my alignment so we will see how the wheel bearing goes as the price seems well to good to be true haha
He once told me he was ASE certified and I think he has been around that general area of practice for awhile. I'm sure you'll be happy with the results.
No amazing skill needed. I had never used a big press before and did mine without too much issue. The only things I had trouble with were not noticing that there is a lip the bearing rests on (it looks like the bearing itself so I tried to press it....) and finding the right diameter pieces to press with. I'm sure Jeff has done plenty of bearings so it should be a cake walk.
