Fittment of wheel bearings???

[weenie]

Can anyone tell me how easy it is to fit new wheel bearings on the rear of the mk3 Ibiza please??

Ive fitted wheels bearings on my previous Escorts before so am able to do a little bit! lol

Just there is know way I want to pay Seat £118 labour charges + the parts!!!!

Any help would be great!!


Thanks

Ed

 

[weenie]

Its a cupra r if it makes any difference

 

[claudefrog]

really easy.. you have to just replace the rear hub.. the bearings are not a seperate unit.

 

[claudefrog]

about 60 - 70 for the hub i think

 

[Tony 156]

I havnt done them on a SEAT before, but they are all reasonably similar, depending on how you get the parts, the front end on the ibiza i have been told is the whole hub assembly which makes it really easy.

Best way is to give it a go yourself and if you get to a point where you think you cant go on, put it back together and seek help. This is what i do with most things and its always been fun.

Always remember, if you havnt started bleeding when fixing a car, you havnt done it properly.

 

[Muttley]

Depends on how adventurous you are and what tools you have to hand . You'll need pullers to get the hub and bearing race off, and a suitable socket for the hub nut which is large, 12-sided, and done up to 130 lb-ft. A piece of scaffold pipe to extend your socket handle might also help.

 

[weenie]

ok,

So basically I nudo the large nut, then I need a puller to remove the hub/bearing? Thats it???

Why cant Haynes have done a manual for the car, would make things much easier!!!

Thanks for your help

 

[C11PRA DC]

Would a Mk2 Haynes manual not cover the same ground???!!!!

 

[claudefrog]

hub puller??

i just jacked car up

removed wheel

popped little goldy coloured cap off.

took disc off

removed the centre nut

just pulled the hub off with my hands

and replace the opposite way you took off.

 

[weenie]

Thanks Claudefrog,

How easy is that then!!! Seat the rob dogs, I wont be taking my car there for that job then.

Thanks again,


Ed

 

[Muttley]

Well, you need a puller on a Toledo The inner race gets left on the stub axle and needs to be pulled off.

There should be a VW Polo manual that will give you most of what you need for the Mk.3 Ibiza, but I don't know offhand which mark of Polo you need to look for.

 

[m0rk]

mk2 Ibiza is more likely to give you 'some' answers - but not how to remove the rear wheel bearings as they changed them