wheel bearings

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:35 pm

i know the front wheel bearing are press in, but can anyone shed some light on doing them. both of my fronts are going bad, i have the parts i just neew help with a "walk through". thanks to anyone in advance that can help.

buddha102 · Post by **buddha102** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:29 am

damn, i dont wish u luck, i was replacing both in front also, and it was like hell, I basically took the front rotor, and the thing that its bolted under the hood that its on the corner and got 3 screws. Yea just get like a special tool to get bearing off, like those circle things, and a hammer..... . A lot of steps. I hope this helps lol

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:13 am

In all honestly, sometimes it's quicker and cheaper to just replace the whole front strut/hub assembly.

I think when my bearings were going bad, I bought each of the two front assemblies for $50 each, whereas each bearing would have cost $30.

Goes in within an hour.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:14 am

where did you get those from? if i can do that i will, its a hell of a lot easier than the bearing its self.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:52 pm

daewoomofo wrote:where did you get those from?

i looked at gm-car-parts.com and it was $150 for each side! did you get new ones or used ones? i need bearings soon so i cant wait too much longer to do this, my wheels are getting louder by the day!

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:07 pm

daewoomofo wrote:
daewoomofo wrote:where did you get those from?
i looked at gm-car-parts.com and it was $150 for each side! did you get new ones or used ones? i need bearings soon so i cant wait too much longer to do this, my wheels are getting louder by the day!

dude, the 89-90 Pontiac lemans GSE 2.0 uses the same hubs and wheel bearing, you can get them at Autozone or waht have you for like $50 a side.

good luck
Garrett

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:27 pm

thats the whole hub, bearing and lower strut piece (cant remember what its all called)?

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:36 pm

wow! that's $150 new? ...for all that? if so that's a pretty good deal, unless you only need the bearing.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:48 pm

thats all i really need

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:40 am

i called around to advanced auto parts, autozone, and murrays auto parts, no one even carries the hub assembly for a lemans. so back to my origional question..... does any one have any advice on changing front wheel bearings on a lanos?

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:50 pm

daewoomofo wrote:i called around to advanced auto parts, autozone, and murrays auto parts, no one even carries the hub assembly for a lemans. so back to my origional question..... does any one have any advice on changing front wheel bearings on a lanos?

My Advise:

it's a pain in the ass so let a shop do it while you sit back and enjoy a cold one

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:51 pm

^+1

But yeah, I got the parts used from a recyclers. Call around some junkyard/recyclers to see.

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:35 pm

I can post some pics tomorrow on how far I was able to get before having to turn it over to a shop with a bigger hydraulic press to get it out. I got the full assembly torn down and all that the shop had to do is press the bearing itself out, cost about $35 for both.

Garrett

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:36 pm

thats a possablity (taking it to have them press them in) . stupid question.... i have to pack the bearings with grease befor installing them right? my future uncly has a hotrod shop, he said he would help me do them bit im still leary. what all did you do shaun? can i kinda get a walk through? thanks for the advice every one, i really do appreciate it!

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:46 pm

the fronts are sealed bearings,a shop would have to press out the old ones and press the new one in.

Garrett