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Rear Wheel Bearing


CivicSpoon
02-09-2011, 01:45 PM
I have front and rear wheel bearings that I need to replace in the near future. The front one will not be an issue to do. However, I've never replaced a rear wheel bearing before. Removing the rear bearing/hub shouldn't be an issue (other than some swearing and potential minor blood loss & knuckle busts), since I have a bearing/pulley puller tool. My question is about installing the rear bearing.

I've looked around for DIYs on it, but all of them just say "install the hub/bearing" or "install is reverse of uninstall". The Helms service manual isn't any help either. But from what I've read, it almost sounds like it just pushes right on by hand. Is this accurate, or does this need to be pressed on? I should have a press available to me, when I do this, but I'd rather not. Pulling off the trailing arm (and unhooking the e-brake cable to do so) is a real pain.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

kris
02-09-2011, 04:32 PM
Okay, this is what I had to do on a 99' Civic. Now I am almost certain it will be the same for a 92-95 as pretty much everything else is.

Remove the drum cover, then pop off the gold dust cap in the middle of the hub. Remove the 32mm nut. The hub with bearing will pull rite off with some wiggle work. Replace with new hub assembly and torque the nut. No press is needed. When you tighten the nut after you replace the bearing, do not over-tighten the nut as you can damage the bearing.

Tightening torque
181 Nm - 18.5 kgfm - 134 lbf-ft

Don't forget to re-stake the spindle on the castle nut when putting things back together.

CivicSpoon
02-09-2011, 11:34 PM
That is exactly what I was hoping to hear :) I've looked at the 4th gen, 5th gen, and 6th gen service manuals, and they all appear to have the basic same design. Thank you very much.

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