Resolved 1G Rear Wheel bearing?

[I-luv-em-all]

My driver side rear wheel bearing is worn out. I took it to a shop and they said it needs a whole new hub assembly, and all they did was drive it, they never even took anything apart or anything.

Anyway, a new hub assembly is 320 dollars Canadian, and another 150 bucks to install it, that is over a 500 dollar bill with taxes.

If anyone has changed a wheel bearing, please let me know if you changed the whole hub assemble or just the bearings or whatever. Any info on the subject would be of great help, thanks.

 

[TalonJohn94]

Yes, you can change just the wheel bearing, don't let you talk them into buying a whole hub assembly. Its kind of difficult if you have too small of a press. (or no press at all)

In my case, I did need a whole new hub assembly, because mine was bent but it was STILL cheaper to get a hub assembly from MitsubishiGraveyard.com and buy the bearing from Advance Auto and do the labor myself.

In retrospect, I might have considered buying the whole hup assembly from Advance Auto. But even then, the labor is very easy in that case - and the whole assembly was only like $175 w/bearing.