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Rear wheel bearing replacement

justdennis

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Location
Florida
My XLR/V(s)
2007 Black XLR-V
A few weeks ago I started noticing a new and different noise as I was cruising above parking lot speed, kind of like a growling sound. It sounded like a bearing in the rear but to be sure I jacked up the front end and spun the wheels and they sounded and felt fine. As rear wheel bearings are much cheaper then anything else it could be, I decided to start there. Simple job, remove wheel, remove axle nut, pull out the bearing, stick in the new bearing sit back and enjoy a wobble pop or two. Nope....... A little more involved then that, but not really too difficult. The bearings are replaced as a unit with the hub. To remove the hub you need to disconnect the tie rod, and the upper and lower ball joints. So if I'm going that far I might as well replace the CV axles and while I'm there the differential seals also. It took me about 5 hours, 3 hours on the first side and 2 on the next. It did solve the problem, so time and money well spent.
 
Ya, I never understood putting the hub mounting bolt behind the lower ball joint nut. If the engineer twisted the hub 10 degrees, you wouldn’t have to separate the upper or lower ball joint to change the bearing and would take 20 min.
 

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