How do you replace rear wheel bearings in a Ford Aspire?

Answer 1

Ok, this i fairly easy. First you need to jack up the car and remove the tire. There will be a cap in the middle of the brake drum you need to remove this. A chisel and hammer work very well. Once this is off you should see the which is a threaded post coming out. On this there should be a nut, You need to remove this nut. Before you can do that you need to remove the coder pin and nut that are over it. once you have the nut off the wheel bearing should come out when you pull the drum off. you do have to pry the drum off, this may be a challenge so just be careful not to hurt the drum. When you take the drum off go to a work bench. The nest step is to remove the inner wheel bearing, race, and seal, you also have to remove the bearing race for the wheel bearing. first is the seal this will be on the inside of the drum in the center. Remove this with a flat head screwdriver. Next take a chisel and hammer and pop out the inner bearing, Nest remove the races, use the and chisel and the races should be easy to see just pound them out. Now wipe out were the bearings go. Now you install the new bearings and races. First you must install the races which should be included with the bearings. To do this place the race in the hole. Now a bearing driver is the best but if you have one you can use a socket that is the same size as the race. a large mallet pound the race in Make sure to get it all of the way down. do not scratch the inner surface of the race this could cause your bearings to fail Now you do the same for the other race. Nest you need to grease the bearings before they are installed (look up instructions on how to hand pack a bearing if you do not have a bearing packer). Ok the inner bearing will set down inside of the race, nest you need to put the seal in on the inner side. Make sure this is all the way down all of the way around. The bearing will not stay in its race as of right now. Now you need to go back to the car and place the drum back on the spindle. Place the bearing over the and into its race. The next part is very important you need to pre load the bearing. You do this by the nut WHILE TURING THE DRUM AT THE SAME TIME it gets hard to turn the drum now unsrew the nut slightly the drum should turn eaisly but shouldn't be loose. Nest install the catle nut and codder pin. Now you need to reinstall the cap over the whoel thing but be careful not to bend the cap in or it will not seal and dirt may get into the bearing causeing premature failure. Now put the wheels back on and torque the studs. Lower the car and drive take it for a drive. When you get back to make sure you got the nut on tight enough grab the top of the wheel and push it in and pull it back towards you. If you feel it clunk or hear it then you need to remove everything back to the nut and tighten it a few turns. That's it hope it works out for you.