Rear wheel bearings on a vr6..

[bulk66]

Hi all are the rear wheel bearings on golf vr6 easy to do or not. I want to do them my self but if they are going to be a pain in the arse i wont bother. Any pointers cheers.....

[robster23]

As far as I am aware your bearings will be the same as mine - on a gti. They are within the rear brake disc mounting. I am told the pain in the arse bit is getting them out. I'll be handing mine to a trust mechanic to get them done but I don't think it is 'technically' very difficult.

hth

[SiGainey]

You need a press. Best bet is to get the hub off yourself and take it to a friendly mech to push the fold one out / new one in for little £Â£Ã‚£

[bulk66]

I sourced 2 bearing kits off ebay for £2.99 each so was going to do really cheap buy i might take it to a mech, its to cold.....

[AudiA8Quattro]

You don't need a press to fit rear bearing shells, they can be drifted in.

[SiGainey]

True, but it's very easy to get wrong. For the sake of a tenner or whatever, it's not worth it imho

[AudiA8Quattro]

Its quite difficult to get wrong actually, well compared to pressing in a front bearing, which is easy to f**k up 

[boneybradley]

I heard something about needing to change the abs ring's when swapping bearing's..is that right??? and i was also informed if the car need's rear disc's shortly it is worth swapping these while doing the bearing's as it will save changing twice..

[AudiA8Quattro]

The ABS ring is pressed onto the rear disc(as far as i can remember),so to swap the bearings you don't need to change them.
However it is probably easier in the long term to replace the discs/bearings/ABS rings at the same time.

[bulk66]

Cheers.....