Rear wheel bearing. Garage only job ?

[georgen]

My garage was horrified when I asked them to do this job yesterday. I thought it was a garage only job as the bearing needs a special tool to push it in place ? Or can it be done on the driveway ?

Thanks chaps !!

[Jesus325iTouring]

To do a proper job the bearing needs to be pressed in,some members have done their own and drifted the old ones out and the new ones in.
Trouble is,doing it this way you have to keep everything perfectly level and straight whilst you beat seven bells of sh*t out the bearings which IMO isn't a good idea.
I would suggest stripping it all down your self and just taking the hub and bearing to the garage for them to press the old one out and the new one in.

[Karan]

ive done it 2wice now.... and its is prob the worst job u can do on an e30...

the last one took me a whole day/.


getting the old one out is a b1tch and the inner race often gets stuck to the half shaft so u have to get that out somehow aswell...

u cant really take the hub of either like jesus says,,,, as the hubs dont just come off on e30s.... ull have to remove the whole trailing arm...

just garage it i think

[Geeman]

This is the only job on both my E30's that I haven't done myself... nasty nasty. Get a garage to do it. But make sure they've got the proper press to do it, otherwise they could mess it up too!

Giles.

[Karan]

This is the only job on both my E30's that I haven't done myself... nasty nasty. Get a garage to do it. But make sure they've got the proper press to do it, otherwise they could mess it up too!

Giles.

u cant actually mess it up or spoil anything..... as the bearing is sooo meaty its pretty hard to actually damage it or push it in bent cos of the shear size of the thing

[M5pilot]

A rough guide as to how much it shouold cost for labour?

[georgen]

just garage it i think [/quote]

Will do, thank's for the quick responses chaps. No mechanic'in for me today then, off to the pub methinks !!

[Simon13]

I supplied a bearing from BMW, and my local specialist done it for 70 notes. Which i thought was pretty good as his labour rate is only Ԛ£40 and hour!

[Jesus325iTouring]

u cant really take the hub of either like jesus says,,,, as the hubs dont just come off on e30s.... ull have to remove the whole trailing arm...
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My mistake there then I was going from watching the last owner of my car disassemble the whole unit and take it to a garage to have it pressed,i presumed it was just the hub,but he must have take the trailing arm aswell then,as Karan has mentioned

[Richy325iTouring]

mine went to the garage for the sake of 90 notes
wasnt wother the hassle of me doing it