Rear wheel bearing replacement on an FWD.

[93STLTH]

Read up on doing this in my shop manual and it seems like there's a lot of specialty tools involved. Is this really a tough job to do without all the special tools, or can it be done with regular tools? I'd hate to tear into this just to find out I can't finish the job. Any tips are appreciated.

[R/T93]

I thought the rear wheel bearings on the fwd were like the front ones on the trubo cars, I.e. pretty much unbolt and replace.

I think its a pretty easy job.

From the phone.

[IPD]

I thought the rear wheel bearings on the fwd were like the front ones on the trubo cars, I.e. pretty much unbolt and replace.

I think its a pretty easy job.

From the phone.

this, afaik.

[stealthee]

FWD rear whel bearings are easy peasy. It literally unbolts and bolts back in. Its a 30 minute or less job.

I was run off the road and my right rear wheel landed in a deep ditch. Bearing was roaring immediately after. Luckily I still had a parts car at the house. I went back to the house, took the tire off and too the bearing off the parts car, jacked my car up, took the wheel off, and the bearing off my car, put the replacement in, bolted it up, put wheel back on, put busted bearing on parts car and put wheel back on and was back on the road in under 45 minutes.

There is a nut under the "bearing cap". Thats all that holds it in.