anyone do this and/or can recommend someone (or a particular shop) that can do this? thoughts on cost?

i don't know much about it...it's my brother's car (1999 saturn SL) and he said he needs the bearings replaced on both of the front wheels...he already has the bearings

5/25/2012 11:26:34 AM

are they press-in or bolt on bearings.

bolt on is easy peasy press-in sucks!

5/25/2012 11:29:25 AM

press-in, i think...he has a friend who he works on his car with and his friend said he didn't have the equipment to do it

this is all second-hand, so if something i say doesn't make sense, let me know

maybe he doesn't have the press: http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168256

5/25/2012 11:53:17 AM

I've had one go bad on the Integra. theDuke866 and I tried to replace it to no avail. I went to a shop though, and since I already had the bearing he did it for $90.

Some of the best money I've ever spent (it was a huge bitch). Oh, and on the Integra it was bolt on.

5/25/2012 12:29:41 PM

it's not very difficult with the right equipment

5/25/2012 12:45:13 PM

The Porsche 944 has press in. I threw the hubs in the oven for about 30 minutes, used a brass punch to take out the old and a bearing plate the hammer in the new. Took some muscle, but was not hard.

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5/25/2012 12:50:55 PM

if it's anything like the Cavaliers it should be a bolt-in unit bearing

(1) axle captive nut
(3) flange bolts

swap new one in and reverse the process

5/25/2012 1:42:11 PM

I am interested in this as well. Need the rear two bearings replaced in a 97 Ram. Apex Auto Works quoted me $130 to do it (I supply parts).

5/25/2012 4:41:25 PM

^That's a fair price for a few hours of shop work, the shafts are a little bulky and not conducive to working on in a jimmy-rigged press without damaging the splines or marring the shaft smoothness near the seal area. Call around some more and you might get someone to do it for $100ish.

5/25/2012 6:57:50 PM