Rear Wheel Bearing Replacement

[Manarius]

Could someone either 1. Explain to me how to get the rear hub out (to have the rear bearing pressed out)

or

2. Point me to a scan of a manual for replacement.

TIA!

I think I have a wheel bearing or ball joint going...I'm not sure.

http://media.putfile.com/Really-a-bearing <--- I think this is the sound of a dead bearing....

[Busdriver]

Does it make a sound when you making a turn while backing up?

That's what I got...

How do you figure wheel bearing or ball joint?

[skid542]

This may sound silly, have you checked that the rock gaurd isn't hitting the rotor anywhere? Clear off some of that rust and corrosion off the lip of the rotor and see if that fixes it. It sounds more like something is just rubbing than a bearing.
And if you don't have any weight on it and it's making the noise, it's not a ball joint.

Edit: Upon closer inspection, that's the rear wheel making the noise, it's definately not a ball joint.

[Manarius]

Ok, so I have a bearing in a box. Anyone wanna point me to how to take apart the rear assembly?

[Manarius]

Ok, my dad is going to have the bearing replaced tomorrow. I still fear that they're going to pound the thing in because they won't be able to get the hub off. Is there any trick to it?

[Manarius]

So, the bearing went in without much of a hitch. The only probably was, as we were pressing the bearing onto the hub, we noticed that we had an extra gasket on there. So, we had to take it back apart and remove the gasket. However, from there, the mechanic just had to reassemble stuff and that was it. No more singing.

Oh, and what happened was one of the bearing seals failed (specifically the inner one) and that allowed dirt into the bearing. It disintegrated one of little rollers on the bearing!

[skid542]

So the bearing really was that bad, damn. Glad that it cleared up your problem.