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How to change wheel bearings on a 96 cavalier

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The wheel bearings on your car is contained in a sealed wheel hub. You have to change the whole hub to change the bearing. Remove the wheel, the brake caliper, the rotor. There will be three bolts holding the hub on from the back. You will need to remove these bolts and slide the hub off of the spindle. then grease the spindle slide on your new hub and bolt everything back together.

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Anonymous

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Front or rear? Rear are replaced as an assembly. Front Have to be pressed out and in with a shop press (10 Ton Press)

Jerry Parmanand

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  • Posted on Oct 20, 2009

SOURCE: I need to change right front wheel bearing on 96 honda accord

It's not a easy job you will need a press to take the old one out and replace the new one, my advice to you is take the steering knockle out and have your local shop press the bearing out for you and put the new one in. This way you just have to bolt everything back up and your good to go.

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Marvin

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SOURCE: remove and install front wheel bearing on 96 3.0

please fllow the link below to detailed instructions on this job.

http://www.trueblueford.com/wheelbearings.htm

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Jeremy W.

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  • Posted on Sep 24, 2010

SOURCE: How to change wheel bearings

There a bolt in bearing so they are pretty easy. Jack up the car, remove the tire/wheel, remove the caliper, remove the rotor, remove the axle nut, unplug ABS sensor if equipped, remove three bearing to knuckle bolts. remove the bearing.

Make sure you torque the axle nut to the proper spec after installing the new bearing. Failure to do so will cause the new bearing to prematurely fail. Also get a good quality bearing. The less expensive bearings are less expensive for a reason. You don't need the most expensive one but you want one from a good manufacturer.

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