Wheel Bearings

[SuperRedMR2]

Can you change the rear wheel bearings in situ or does the whole hub have to come off?

[LimeyMk1]

Whole hub has to be removed.

When I did mine I took the hub down to my local garage and got them to do it for a few beer tokens.

[SuperRedMR2]

Right i've got the ball joint bolts undone, removed the driveshaft, undone the tie rod bolt and removed the suspension leg bolts.

What I am having trouble with is the castor threaded bar/nut and the other arm bolted onto that as well.

I need to borrow a long 22mm socket to get the castor nut undone but also need to remove the other end of this bolted to the chassis.

Any ideas?

[kaiowas]

There's no need to touch the lower suspension arms once you've unbolted the ball joint from the upright

[aw11rally]

It's been a while (and its too dark to nip out and look now) but don't you unbolt the ball joint from the hub leaving the lower suspension arms fully assembled. Then unbolt the hub from the strut. That just leaves the toe link which is the easy one (as long as you leave it attached to the car, otherwise getting it back on can be a pain in the ar$e).

[elbon50]

I need to borrow a long 22mm socket to get the castor nut undone but also need to remove the other end of this bolted to the chassis

Are you intending to polybush the track control arm & trailing arm while you have the hub off Alex ?

If not then you can leave those in situ

[SuperRedMR2]

Yes i am peter

[SuperRedMR2]

I am having trouble unbolting these

[elbon50]

I got a deep socket from Halfords; about £5 IRC

Soaked relevant parts in plusgas & left overnight

A breaker bar is helpful

The bolts at the front end of the trailing arm came out OK with the breaker bar & an ordinary socket set

BUT I read someone saying that his were seized into the bush

Plusgas & breaker bar again

Or heat

[BIGBOBO]

22m ring wrench + 2 meter long pipe did the trick on mine.

[aw11rally]

Another vote for a big spanner and bigger bar. Or another big spanner levered in series with the 22mm. Something we call 'the spanner trick'.

[SuperRedMR2]

I'm going to save myself £200 by not polybushing it with a 4-wheel alignment as I'm just taking the hubs off for the time being now.

I just want it back on the road so I can use it before the bad weather sets in. It's quite easy taking the hubs off in the end, so i'll do the bushes in the winter