DIY rear wheel bearing

[jammac]

hi

ive got a kaput rear wheel bearing judging from the racket its making. ive got 2 spare kits. is this a job i can do at home with standard tools or is it gonna have to go to a garage as they all have hydrualic pullers/ press etc whatever.

its a 91 8v gti with rear discs

cheers

[Mitching]

You'll need a press, although I'm sure someone on here made a DIY press though.

[jammac]

hmmmmm just found my soggy & wet haynes manual (nice) in the garage pages i need are dry! its says to drift the bearings out and use a tube drift to fit the new ones.

ive got an aluminum drift so hopefully that should do it. oh and a scaffold pole thats a tube!

[Wayne]

You can get away without a press when doing the rear ones.

[jammac]

You can get away without a press when doing the rear ones.

great thats what i wanted someone to say

[AudiA8Quattro]

It is easier with a press, but can still be done fairly easy without one.
Drift out the old shells, use these to tap in the new shells.
A good tip, put the disc in the oven, and the new bearing shell in the freezer.
The new shell will virtually fall in.

[Andy!]

Just take it slow and easy man, its easy enough but is also easily fecked.

[Wayne]

A good tip, put the disc in the oven, and the new bearing shell in the freezer.
The new shell will virtually fall in.

Great idea

[wiltshirewombat]

I did my 2 rear wheel bearings at the weekend, was easy and I used a couple of suitably sized sockets from the days when I had a land rover and a big hammer, just make sure the bearings go in square, otherwise they will go in cock eyed and get stuck.

[Mr Blue]

Nice tips AudiA8.

TBH the problem is the front bearings. Rears are piss.

I would just buy new disks while you are there and tap in the new bearings to that