Good Day all!

I am in the middle of replacing the passenger side rear wheel bearing on my car. I am having trouble removing the wheel hub. In my rx7, you remove the axle at the differential and push the axle out of the hub.

I would do it this way, but I can not get the axle out of the differential ( I don't know how on this car).

If anybody has any tips or tricks on wheel bearing replacement or axle removal and install, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

 

need to remove most of the suspension and use a pry bar, its tricky

 

A little bit more specific would be good.

Could you tell me which suspension pieces? Where does the prybar go? how does the axle go back in?

Do I just push the end of the axle out of the hub using a pulley puller after I remove most of the suspension pieces? Removing the suspension pieces allows for pushing the axle out of the hub correct?

Thanks!

 

I do not have a service manual for the car. My dealership wants about $150.00 for the service manual. If I was going to pay that much, I would just have them install the bearing.

I think I can just take all of the suspension links loose at the bushing ends and push the axle through the hub. This would allow slack of the drive axle without taking the drive axle out of the differential. However, I am not sure if this would cause an excessive bind of the drive axle joint that would be detrimental to the drive axle joint.

If anybody can answer that ^ (about the binding of the drive axle joint) I would greatly appreciate it!

Next, if I loosen all of the suspension pieces at the bushing ends, am I going to have to use spring compressors on the strut in order to re-assemble it?

It seems that there are a few people with wheel bearing issues if you search it, but nobody has done it for themselves. If anybody can help in any way, I will take pics and do a write-up for a rear wheel bearing replacement!

Thanks!

 

http://smrmicro.com/rx8servicemanual/

 

Sorry all!

I feel like a complete idiot because I did not do a search on google for service manual. I found it in like 3 seconds.

Thanks for all the patience. I deserved to be flamed for that.

At least this way I don't have to write up a how to.

Thanks again!

 

Eh, **** happens It happens to me too, I ask for something that can be find in like 3 seconds as well

 

Thanks again!

If I find a shortcut while doing this, I will be sure to create a new post to detail the specifics.

 

So far, no shortcuts!

I have the suspension unbolted! (everything except the strut and lower rear link)

The drive axle does "compress" enough with those suspension pieces out of the way to remove it from the hub without removing it from the diff.

I did cheat and used two prybars to remove the hub from bearing. This left me with half of the inner race attached to the hub, and half the inner race still in the bearing itself. I tapped the "inboard" side inner race out the back of the "strut support". This left me with part of the bearing on the hub and the entire outer race in the "strut support". I got the inner race off with a very slight amount of heat (hardly any heat) and it dropped right off!

THe outer race that is still in the "strut support" is going to be a bigger pain in the ***! I think I am going to have to use a carbide bit to cut the race out.

If you have access to a welding machine, just run a bead of weld the entire inside diameter of the outer race and it should shrink up enough to easily use a slide hammer to remove.

I will do a write-up with Pics later!

Thanks for all the help!

 

I had to use a three jaw puller on the hub and an impact to get mine to pop out, was rusted badly.