Changing wheel bearings

[omegadirective]

(It's better to change both wheel bearings at the same time)That is not necessary!Put it this way,when you are at the dentist,and he fills the one tooth,do you tell him to fill the one next to the one you have filled,just in case there might be a hole in it next month.

Well unless you live in a place with a lot of roundabouts or are constantly going left (or right) all the time and not the other way then you can assume an almost even wear.

Same would apply to your teeth...you eat consitantly and without giving preference to either site then you're likely to need to have both teeth filled at the same time.

Besides, if you get things replaced in pairs then you don't have to worry about doing it at a later date because you know you've already done it.

[kenney]

In that case why not replace all the wheel bearings?,that would be a good idea an expensive one but, at least then you would have peace of mind knowing it had been done.

[rhencullen1989]

We are going over old ground again here, i personally would NOT change both sides unless they were both noisy, i have personally replaced 2 nearside front wheel bearings and 1 off side front wheel bearing, its not a particularly nice job to do as you need to remove the complete hub carrier (all 4 suspension arms off) and the top clamp bolt is always difficult to remove (commonly called the devil bolt!) then you need the use of a hydraulic press to press out the old bearing and press in the new bearing.If you were replacing ALL the suspension arms, then YES i would do both sides, any thing else should always be replaced in pairs eg struts, brakes etc.

[njm]

Thanks for all your help and advice everyone. I finally got round to changing the o/s wheel bearing and the noise has gone completely so that was obviously the issue.

Thanks so much again!!