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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: DrAndyB on 07 May 2023, 12:25:53
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Hi,
I suspect rear O/S wheel bearing is grumbling. Above 20 mph get a grumble, and goes if take a right hand corner.
They have never been done so probably time they were changed.
Car is a 2.5V6 manual, V Plate Mini Facelift, SALOON.
I have had look at the guide and I think best somebody who has done a few and has the right tools best I think.
Any advice or recommendations as to whom could assist in Wirral/North West ??
I would change and put new rear Discs on as well, and new handbrake shoes.
Any recommendation as to decent bearing ? I believe Saloon has different size ???? Want to make sure I get the right one :)
Thanks in advance.
Andy.
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SKF should be a safe bet.
If you get a choice of two sizes, go smaller. The estate/Monaro ones are a smidge wider, 2mm iirc ;)
Starter for 10...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334801495817
Trusted supplier that I have used repeatedly :y
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An example of the wrong size...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124169843200 ;)
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SKF should be a safe bet.
If you get a choice of two sizes, go smaller. The estate/Monaro ones are a smidge wider, 2mm iirc ;)
Starter for 10...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334801495817
Trusted supplier that I have used repeatedly :y
Many thanks :y Ordered 2 from SKF directly just now.
Just need to find somebody to fit them for me :( #Pleasehelp
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Hi Andy
If it's any help I had a rear bearing replaced on my elite by Buckley tyres (in Buckley obvs)
The guy there,Kev I think had done a couple before and took it on for me as no one else seemed willing.
I can't just remember the costs but will try to resurrect the thread to give you an idea.
HTH.
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Hi Andy
If it's any help I had a rear bearing replaced on my elite by Buckley tyres (in Buckley obvs)
The guy there,Kev I think had done a couple before and took it on for me as no one else seemed willing.
I can't just remember the costs but will try to resurrect the thread to give you an idea.
HTH.
I Think I put you onto Buckley Tyres.....
However, like many other places they have been bought out by Pro Tyre (same outfit that bought Blackboots / Wheels in motion) now..... That geometry bay gets you out as fast as they can now with an 'In the green' They are not what they once were....
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I don't mind doing it myself as pretty confident and handy with the spanners, and looks not too bad but I don't have all the right tools at present as would need
- Suitable bearing puller / contraption
- Suitable bearing putter back inner
- Suitable Hub puller and putter back inner
- Suitable impact wrench for the big nut
- Correct size sockets for hub bolt and driveshaft bolts
I think thats it.
There is a place called "AutoVaux" on the wirral I may consider but not sure if anybody has used them or known to have done Omega Bearings before.
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I don't mind doing it myself as pretty confident and handy with the spanners, and looks not too bad but I don't have all the right tools at present as would need
- Suitable bearing puller / contraption
- Suitable bearing putter back inner
- Suitable Hub puller and putter back inner
- Suitable impact wrench for the big nut
- Correct size sockets for hub bolt and driveshaft bolts
I've done several of these. It's a 90 minute job, working in the street. I would be very unhappy to pay a garage more than an hour to do it.
LINK (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183103749327?epid=24029950216&hash=item2aa1d57ccf:g:1AsAAOSwydJjrn1Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8E2NW5C6hKro9Vc2w%2Bc0XN5i5ox8gg6P5tocI4RN0s9pHxTuhAUDNC7lcu9WR%2Fv9uUmKvuOe0dg5c%2FuJ1mPhK2Ukpx1b%2FgoYSMCJ71SXUDp6dMPU5%2B1e0TVyLwavyisP9b4xbcHqaY%2FglCYvHy%2F%2FzPfqv%2F%2Fa2m%2FvmVf7A3YK846UWdXzS6TDFvO12OTDbes9Axa8IWUFEMihVnDkZzCnmUCa%2BbG8z0IlyenEHtOySbPnP7ngBodDEoDFYBRzOOvePyjcWha2yV%2FIdBxUAVMMl7tW5C5qTiJHmhVHOgv7xmGrE04XLlRtGJ6PxZBpjqxHwA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM2vzyjoRi)for the bearing puller/installer. That's a recommendation for the tool and not the supplier, which was the first one in the search. It's a very useful set.
30 or 32mm(I don't remember which) deep socket for the hub nut. Both are common sizes for hubs and driveshafts
6 or 8mm allen socket for the driveshaft bolts. Hardly special when most large bit sets include them.
Impact wrench - you'll need a serious tool costing several hundred quid to even get close. A £50 700mm long breaker bar will do it easily. A long-handled 1/2" ratchet for winding the bearing out/in. Together those are the same as a bare cordless impact that might handle wheel nuts.
I made a hub extractor as I don't like beating on such things, especially when access is so poor. It's not complicated, and there are other ways of doing the job.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9j714mi95s81o4/HubExtractor%20%28360x640%29.jpg?raw=1)
Or, you could remove the semi-trailing arm and pay your local garage to use their large press to remove and refit the hub and bearing. I reckon that's just as awkward as removing the bearing on the car, so don't do it.