Timken Bearings

Question by guitardan: Can you please give me advice on how to change out wheel bearings on a Mitsubishi Eclipse?
I am working on a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse and the drivers side front wheel bearing is bad. I have taken off everything brakes, control arm lower ball joint, axle, etc. but I can’t get the wheel bearing out. There are four bolts that’s holding the assymbly in that I took out already. What is the proper method for getting out the wheel bearing? I don’t want to screw up because this is my only vehicle. I have heard of people pressing the bearing out with a arbor press. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks in advance.

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Answer by skye r
you need a bearing puller, it has hooks that go on the back of the bearing and a threaded center piece that you hook a wrench/ beaker bar onto and it pushes on the axle end to pull the bearing out. they sell these at sears but they are not really cheap. you also need a press to put the new bearing back on. the press is really expensive or if you can fabricate a bottle jack w/ bearing sleeve you can press it back on.

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Question by guitardan: Can you please give me some advice on how to change out wheel bearings?
I am working on a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse and the drivers side front wheel bearing is bad. I have taken off everything brakes, control arm lower ball joint, axle, etc. but I can’t get the wheel bearing out. There are four bolts that’s holding the assymbly in that I took out already. What is the proper method for doing this. I don’t want to screw up because this is my only vehicle. I have heard of people pressing the bearing out with a arbor press. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks in advance.

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Answer by festeringhump
I’m not 100% sure,but there should be a bearing cap in the center of the brake rotor/hyb.Use a slip-joint pliers to remove cap,there will be a cotter pin going through the slotted nut.Remove pin,remove nut,rotor/hub should just about fall off.Remove inner and outer bearings,clean and reinstall new bearings with fresh grease.This is the normal procedure for a rear wheel drive car,yours is front wheel drive I assume,might be different.The library should have a repair manual if this wrong.Have fun.

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