Rear Wheel Bearings

[LattMeFranc]

Hey I was just wondering how the replacement of a rear wheel bearing with drum brake goes down? Is it pressed in or is it similar to BA/BF wheel bearing? Do I need any special tools? Or does anyone have a link to WB series workshop manual?

95 Festiva rear drum brakes.

[firebush357]

The bearing race is pressed into the hub but they can be knocked out with a hammer and screwdriver and then press the new ones in with a Hammer and press tool or a proper sized socket. The bearings themselves just drop in after being packed and then put fresh seals in.

[WmWatt]

The old race can also be used to drive in the new.

[firebush357]

The old race can also be used to drive in the new.

As long as they are in good condition, which they usually are.

[Eaglefreek]

One side's nut is reverse thread, I think it's the passenger side, if I recall.

[ryanprins13]

Tightening the nut that keeps the bearings tight properly is usually the tricky part.

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[ricko1966]

I found this out by accident, it was zero degrees out and had to do one side rear bearings outside. I knocked out my old races with a punch wiped out as much old grease etc, as I could with a rag, rinsed it with gasoline and lit it to speed up the dry time cause I was in a hurry when the gas burned out my races practically fell in the hole and my drum was clean.

[hawkdoc60]

The left rear spindle has a left-hand thread spindle nut. Otherwise, what others said about changing the bearings/races is correct. You can change the left rear spindle with a new right rear spindle and eliminate having to worry about the left hand threaded nut.

[fastivaca]

The left rear spindle has a left-hand thread spindle nut. Otherwise, what others said about changing the bearings/races is correct. You can change the left rear spindle with a new right rear spindle and eliminate having to worry about the left hand threaded nut.

It's the passenger, or right, side of the rear that has the reverse threads. I just the bearings on that wheel yesterday.
Ian

[hawkdoc60]

It's the passenger, or right, side of the rear that has the reverse threads. I just the bearings on that wheel yesterday.
Ian

Haha! You are right. My mistake. My car has two spindles with right-hand threads. 20 years ago, the right rear needed to be replaced and there were no left threaded ones available at the time. For some reason, I was thinking it was the left.

[scitzz]

I found this out by accident, it was zero degrees out and had to do one side rear bearings outside. I knocked out my old races with a punch wiped out as much old grease etc, as I could with a rag, rinsed it with gasoline and lit it to speed up the dry time cause I was in a hurry when the gas burned out my races practically fell in the hole and my drum was clean.

I learned this trick a few years ago. Weld a bead around the old race, and put the new race in the freezer for a few hours ahead of time. As the bead cools, and contracts, the race just falls out, and the new one slips in. No hammer or punch needed.

The old race can also be used to drive in the new.

If I get stuck doing this I usually cut a slit in the race with an angle grinder to ease getting it back out.

[WmWatt]

Bit of a paradox. Stock reverse thread confuses those who don't know about it. Relacing with regular thread confuses those who do.