How do you replace front wheel bearings on a 1988 Honda Accord?

Answer 1

Goto Autozone, or wherever and buy a Haynes manual for the car for something like $20. It is not a hard job, but you need to do it right or they will seize. Good luck.

First, remove the front axle bolt with the wheel on the ground, then jack it up, remove the tire. Remove brake caliper, brake pads, tie rod ends, upper and lower balljoint ( suggest to use a BFH to remove the balljoints). Remove the whole arms. Lay the arms on the 2 wooden block, remove 4 (12mm bolts) from the back of the rotor. Slightly insert the bolts back to the tap holes and hit 4 bolts to separate the rotor from the hub housing. Once the rotor is separated, the hub contain bearing. Bearing must be pressed out using a press. Suggest to use NSK bearing cost around $50/each. If you don't have a press, take to the shop, labor around $20-$40 each bearing to press in/ out. Once the bearing is pressed it, install the rotor back to the hub, tighten the (4) 12 mm bolts and the rest is just the reversal.

Answer 2

remove wheel, stick screwdriver between caliper to remove the 1 3/8 nut, remove caliper bracker and rotor, remove 3 bolts from the rear of the sealed bearing unit, try using a 3 prong pulley puller to push the axle slightly in while it pulls the bearing unit out but i would recommend putting your rotor back on the hub and beating it out with a rubber sledge so you don't damage the CV joint. purchase the sealed unit around 120 bucks, and reverse process and don't forget to plug in the ABS unit.

Answer 3

You have to begin by taking the five lug nuts off the wheel and taking the wheel off. Next, take the brake caliper and caliper bracket off (4 bolts total). Then, you need about a 36mm impact socket to get the axle nut off in the center and there are only three bolts holder the hub assembly on which come out from the rear of the hub when you are facing it. After that, just pull it off and put the new one on and reverse the order of parts when putting back together.

Answer 4

jack up and support vehicle ,remove tire on the side in which you are changing the axle, remove axle nut, remove lower ball joint nut, separate, lower ball joint from spindle,remove lower strut bracket from control arm, after you have supported the spindle off to one side, take a small pry bar and place it between the inner c-v joint and the transaxle housing and pry out