rear wheel bearing replacement on FWD

[Korndogg]

hey guys
question:
basically wondering how hard it is to replace the rear (drivers) wheel bearing on my 2g FWD.
and is there ANY difference between the turbo and NT rear wheel bearing? (just so napa gets me the right part). napa gave me a price of $120

background (and another question):
also, this is the problem i'm having. maybe some of you could verify that it is indeed my wheel bearing.
i've heard some sounds from the rear for the past week off and on, and i thought it was grit (i've been marking in my muddy lawn). it got worse yesterday and today though, so i pulled my wheel off during lunch. figured i'd pull off the caliper and clean out some grit.
to my surprize, no grit! but i found the sound.. it was my rotor rubbing my pads. this was caused by the fact that i could move the rotor back and forth, and the lugs moved with it
so, i figure wheel bearing.. anyone disagree? agree?

i put the wheel back on and i can rock my wheel back and forth a scary amount, as if the lugs were loose.
i was looking at it with the wheel off, and the rotor will move back and forth to each pad, so i'm thinking that the pads are what's basically keeping it in place anyway.

it's probably not even safe to drive around town like this, right?

thanks guys


oh, and another question. is this one of those parts that should be replaced in pairs? (like, replace the other rear bearing even though it seems solid?)

thanks again

 

[Korndogg]

so no one has any input for me?

can anyone at least tell me how to remove the wheel hub?

thanks

 

[fulanititoo8198]

go to www.vfaq.com look around.If you cant find it look under brakes that should help you out, and search I've seen a lot of posts on this.

 

[Korndogg]

i looked through vfaq and found nothing. certainly not under brakes..

as for searching, i found a bunch of threads, but only on wheels which had driveshafts (be it a front wheel or rear with AWD)

i just need some info about my rear wheel on my FWD, and i can't seem to find it...

thanks again

 

[luv2rallye]

Yes it's the wheel bearing and you can do it yourself. DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR! No you don't have to replace the one on the other side of the car (unless it's also bad). The Mitsu WinCAPS shows different part #'s for FWD vs. AWD (rear bearing assembly) so they must be different.

 

[Korndogg]

i can do it myself? don't i at least need a press?

and i wasn't too concerned about FWD vs AWD, but more concerned with FWD turbo vs NT

if you know of any steps that would help me out, that would be cool... (for example, do i have to remove the abs crap on the back?)

 

[luv2rallye]

Don't need a press (unless u have abs to replace the abs rotor from the old to the new hub assembly). Rear hub assembly just unbolts from the knuckle arm. Steps will be obvious, remove rotor, brakes, etc.

 

[Korndogg]

hey guys
just reporting back because i couldn't find this info with my own searches - turns out that luv2rallye was dead on. the old part came off super easy.. 4 bolts and knock on the abs sprocked with a mini sledge.
i'm going to call mitsu tomorrow and see if they have the parts. i am going to see if i can get them to press the abs sprocket on for me so that i won't need to get a shop around here to do it
thanks a lot guys