Changing R32 Gtr Front Wheel Bearings

[SiR_RB]

Hey guys,

I'm about to remove my front driveshafts to change the boots, so while they are out I wanna change my front wheels bearings as they are abit noisy

How do you go about getting to the bearings? What's involved?

I can't seem to find any info/DIY's on how to do these

If anyone knows or has don't this before, a brief step by step process would be great !

Thanks

[GTSBoy]

Surely you have a pdf copy of the R32 GTR workshop manual?

[tricstar]

just did front wheel bearings on my R33 GTR recently, so i had to take the whole wheel hub assemble off and get the bearings pressed out at pedders, with a big bearing press.

The first workshop I went to couldn't budge them, and was afraid of breaking the hub, they had so much force on it !

so they can be a bit of a prick..

[SiR_RB]

thanks for that Richard !

how hard was it to get the hub off ? what components did you have to remove?

[tricstar]

not too hard, like everything, hardest the first time round..

if you can ( depending on type of rim ) crack the big main centre nut before you take the wheels off and jack the car off the ground, saves trying to stop the wheel from turning !

I snapped 2 x 1/2 inch breaker bars trying to crack the back ones until I remembered I had and air impact driver in the shed ! ( that sucker undoes anything ) now my favourite tool !!

If your taking the front driveshafts out you'll be most of the way there, as far as what needs to come off.

once you've cracked that nut and you get the brake caliper & rotor off, everything else will be quite obvious at that point.

One tip, I went and bought myself a 150mm bearing puller for pressing out the shafts out of the hubs and also things like the steering arms out of the hubs too. first I did the old nut on the end of the thread and hit it out, but ended up damaging the threads so I'd recommend taking your time and using a puller or something.

good luck mate

[turboedsloth]

As Richard has mentioned, best way is with a press. The little 12t unit i have didnt budge any but the 40t gets them easily, they are in there fairly tight. And they can be tight to get back in also.

If you are going to be taking the entire hub off, and you unbolt it from the wishbone setup. Just watch the bearings where it connects to the wishbone. It might pay to replace them at the same time if you havent done already, parts for both those sides should set you back around $50, don't go to nissan though as the seals cost $98 i purchased mine through the local bearing shop

[SiR_RB]

Cheers for the replys guys, will prob start these next Monday when I have more time, might take the hubs down to pedders also to press the old bearings out and squeeze the new ones in for me