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06-12-2005,
#1
04:25 AM
Member#:
37210
Join Date: May
2003
Chapter/Region:
Inte rnational
Location: in a
Shotgun House
FTW !
Vehicle:
2002 Tarmac
Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ
Cruiser
So what was supposed to be a nice beautiful Saturday to go driving turned into a get under the Subbie and bust out
the tools to wrench day. For the last month what I thought was maybe tire wear causing some road noise turned out
to be a bearing going bad. It was confirmed yesterday when I took a slow turn and heard a knocking, popping,
something’s just not right type sound. Not bad for 90k miles on the car with LOTS of track days. So after much
research and reading I decided to tackle the job. Before you start these are a few things you MUST HAVE or at least
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have access to (to get an idea or picture hit up http://www.snapon.com/):
Alot of good info was found here on NABISCO but none of the threads had pictures nor pointed out some of the
troublesome things I ran into. The Subbie manual (The PDF version I have) makes things kinda complex. After starting
on the left side of the vehicle the following illustrations and photos show the order of sequence I did the right side with
which seemed to go really smooth after having first done the left. Please use this thread to assist you and not
nec essarily as a guideline. The threads I searched and found assisted me quite a bit and hope this adds to them. If
you've done this and maybe did it in a different order or with some easier steps please feel free to provide some
feedback.
Just wanna see the pics, click the link (Some pics are NOT IN ORDER) -
http://www.revo1.com/subbiebearing/index.htm
Guru
Disassembly
1. Well once you figure out you're going to need to replace the bearings it's best to do them as a set. Actually
it should be the only way. You'll need to get the bearings, outer seal, inner seals, snap rings and metal bands
for CV Boots.
2. To start like stated in the pic, you'll have to get the 1 1/4 axle nut loose. Easiest to break it loose with tires
on the ground, if you can't have someone hold the brakes.
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3. Remove all the standard brake items, caliper, pads, and caliper bracket. You'll need a 12mm, 14mm and a
17mm.
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06-12-2005,
#2
04:25 AM
Hotrodguru
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Member#: 4. Now that you've removed the brake caliper and other items, place them aside and secure the brake caliper
37210 on top (zip tie to the spring) to get it out of the way. Remove or loosen the following items (this is the order I
Join Date: May did it in).
2003
Chapter/Region:
Inte rnational 1. ABS sensor - 12mm.
Location: in a 2. Upper AND lower ball joints (picture only shows upper) - 19mm.
Shotgun House
FTW ! 3. Strut bolts (leave these in loose till you remove the CV boot bands) - 19mm.
Vehicle:
2002 Tarmac
Bugeye This im age ha s be e n re size d. C lick this bar to vie w the full im age . The original im age is size d 800x 1066.
2007 Muddy FJ
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2007 Muddy FJ
Cruiser
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After a good recommendation by Gary S, I decided to update this pic. You have an option here, I do think it's a
tad bit easier to loosen the 14mm and drop the A-arm.
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5. Now it's time to remove the ball joints, CV boot bands and then removing the strut tower bolts.
EDIT - The following step (the next 2 pictures) IS NOT NECESARY to change
out the wheel bearings. I removed the bands and CV boots solely to replace
the grease while I was at it.
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Loosen and remove the 19mm bolts that hold the strut tower to the hub.
6. Now everything’s off and you're ready to remove the hub and take it to a shop, the garage or wherever you
have a press and bearing tools.
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06-12-2005,
#3
04:26 AM
Hotrodguru
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Member#: 6. Now its time to disassembly the hub. I think it’s easiest to explain simply by referring to the pics. The hub
37210 assembly does have to be disassembled in this order.
Join Date: May
2003
Chapter/Region: 1. Press the hub out (inside out).
Inte rnational 2. Press the bearing out (outside in).
Location: in a 3. If needed use the bearing separator to remove the outer bearing that tends to stay on.
Shotgun House
FTW !
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Vehicle:
2002 Tarmac
Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ
Cruiser
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NICE!
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06-12-2005,
#4
04:26 AM
Hotrodguru
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Cruiser
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06-12-2005,
#5
04:26 AM
Hotrodguru
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Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ
Cruiser
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This im age ha s be e n re size d. C lick this bar to vie w the full im age . The original im age is size d 821x 409.
This im age ha s be e n re size d. C lick this bar to vie w the full im age . The original im age is size d 820x 433.
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06-12-2005, 12:52 PM #6
BIGSKYWRX
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Member#: 7958 Thank you kind Sir! We (me ) have been wanting to see a nicely
Join Date: Jul 2001 outlined tutorial for a long time.
Location: Plains of Ea ste rn
Montana
Vehicle: Couple of questions if I may- the sockets used to press out/in are
09 GH B+ common sizes- you don't recall how big the biggest one was by
chance?
What's the purpose of the bearing seperator? Does the used bearing
need to be seperated?
good tip on the CV grease- are the bands diffic ult to reinstall - how is it
done?
Did you repack the oem bearings w/ any "spec ial grease? Would this be
diffic ult to do if one wanted to (I've seen a couple of high temp greases
mentioned in previous wheel bearing threads)?
Thanks again!
Mike
06-12-2005, 03:14 PM #7
Patrick Olsen
NA SIOC Supporter
Member#: 120 I'm with Mike, this is something I've wanted to see a good tutorial on
Join Date: Jul 1999 for a while. I think I might have a left front wheel bearing going, but I
Chapter/Region: AKIC wasn't sure it was something I could do myself.
Location: W he re the Navy
se nds m e ...
Vehicle: The only question I have is why did you remove the band from the CV
1997 Legacy 2.5GT boot? Based on personal experience (I've replaced both my front axles
QuickSilver Metallic
in the past couple years) you should be able to just pull the outer
splined portion right out of the hub without touching the CV boot itself,
espec ially since the steering knuc kle is unbolted from the strut. There
should be plenty of play there. That would save you from some messy
work. Or is there something else I'm missing?
And I guess I have the same question as Mike about repacking the
wheel bearing with "better" grease. I seem to recall that Gary Sheehan
had wheel bearing problems on his USTCC car due to the extreme heat
he was putting into the brakes, and I vaguely recall him saying they
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disassembled the OEM bearings to repack them with higher temp
grease.
Pat Olsen
'97 Legacy 2.5GT sedan
06-12-2005, 03:17 PM #8
root
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Member#: 55854 Yippy! I've been hoping someone would write this up with photos.
Join Date: Fe b 2004
Location: C e ntral FL
Vehicle:
2004 STi
Blue/silver
06-12-2005, 03:37 PM #9
Arnie
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Member#: 1725 Yeah, SubySpecialties out here in SoCal does the same with their
Join Date: Jun 2000 bearing installs. They completely clean out the stock grease and
Chapter/Region: Inte rnational replace it with high quality high temp race grease.
Location: Ham burg,
De utschland
Vehicle:
02 dentedrustedbug
www.RaceDotCom.com
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GarySheehan
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Gary
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www.teamSMR.com
BLACK02WAGON
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Hotrodguru
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Q uote :
Member#: 37210
Join Date: May 2003 Originally Posted by BIGSKYWRX
Chapter/Region: Inte rnational
Location: in a Shotgun House the sockets used to press out/in are common sizes- you don't
FTW ! recall how big the biggest one was by chance?
Vehicle:
2002 Tarmac Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ Cruiser What's the purpose of the bearing seperator? Does the used
bearing need to be seperated?
The sockets you can use will be pretty huge, I believe about 2 inches
or larger. Luckily at my friends shop they work on 18 wheelers so they
had an assortment of big sockets.
As for the bearing separator, well when we pushed the hub off the
bearing the lower bearing on both assemblies stayed on. You use the
bearing separator to clamp around the bearing allowing you to push the
axle out while holding the bearing.
Q uote :
Well I just removed the band bec ause my car had 90k miles on it. Lots
of track days and lots of standing water in Houston. Just wanted to
clean it out and replace with some new grease.
As for replacing the bearing with higher temp grease. I don't know if it's
really necessary but lots of people have said so. I think I was lucky to
get sooo many miles on my bearings. Luckily I did have availability to a
bearing grease pac ker (MUST HAVE TOOL if you want to do this) and
went ahead and replaced the OEM grease.
Q uote :
Ahhh nice...I thought about it but wasn't sure. Now I get a c onfirmation
, thanks for the tip.
Guru
BIGSKYWRX
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Just googled the bearing grease packer- looks like a very handy tool
(don't even have to get your hands dirty )
One other question- according to the FSM the press needed doesn't
look like it has to be very powerful (calls for a low torque)- did you find
this to be true?
forced4
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Member#: 13304 Thanks for the writeup Jay...I think I have some front bearings going
Join Date: De c 2001 bad as well.
Chapter/Region: TXIC
Location: O n Da Xtre m e Driftz
C ircuit
Vehicle:
2002 WRX WRB
De Re Metallica
Hotrodguru
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Member#: 37210 Well the only one we had access to was a 20 ton press down one. One
Join Date: May 2003 thing I've always done is place a little grease on the mating surfaces
Chapter/Region: Inte rnational such as say the bearing outer and hub inner to prevent so much
Location: in a Shotgun House
FTW ! pressure and friction when pressing items. Even with a little grease
Vehicle: you'll hear some popping as the hub gets passed the inner and outer
2002 Tarmac Bugeye races of the bearing.
2007 Muddy FJ Cruiser
Q uote :
Edited the part of the write-up with big red letters where I removed the
CV bands and boots. This step is not necessary and was done only
because I need to change out the grease . D_REX (TXIC)
recommened the edit to prevent a first timer from thinking this was a
necessary step.
Guru
dwx
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Member#: 8343 I've done the bearings on all 4 corners, just as preventative
Join Date: Jul 2001 maintenance. I would recommend replacing the factory grease.
Chapter/Region: MW SO C
Location: Atlanta, GA
Vehicle: I would also recommend not re-using the axle nuts, buy new ones.
2005 Forester XT Don't torque the axle nut down with the car on the ground, and make
2000 PS F250 sure you have a torque wrench that goes pretty high.
These days Subaru changes them with the upright on the car, using a
couple specialty tools and just removing the axle/brake assembly .
Lucky Loser
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LyveWRX
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Member#: 19057 Do you suppose you could caliper a few of the critical dimensions you
Join Date: May 2002 used on the sockets to press the bearings in and out. I would love to
Chapter/Region: MW SO C draw a universal set of rings/pushers in SolidWorks and have a set
Location: Mid-Town, De troit, MI
Vehicle: made.
2002 WRX
& Red Ford 1-ton Van Our local dealer hasnt responded ot my request to come and borrow his
for a day to CMM and rev-eng them.
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BIGSKYWRX
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Q uote :
Member#: 7958
Join Date: Jul 2001 Originally Posted by LyveWRX
Location: Plains of Ea ste rn
Montana
Do you suppose you could caliper a few of the critical
Vehicle: dimensions you used on the sockets to press the bearings in
09 GH B+ and out. I would love to draw a universal set of rings/pushers in
SolidWorks and have a set made.
2nd that
Hotrodguru
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Q uote :
Member#: 37210
Join Date: May 2003 Originally Posted by LyveWRX
Chapter/Region: Inte rnational
Location: in a Shotgun House Do you suppose you could caliper a few of the critical
FTW ! dimensions you used on the sockets to press the bearings in
Vehicle: and out. I would love to draw a universal set of rings/pushers in
2002 Tarmac Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ Cruiser SolidWorks and have a set made.
Sure...if you can get me a set made at a good price . Just let me
know which exact measurements you're looking for so I don't miss any.
I'm assuming you'll need the dimensions for the hub as well seeing it's
pressed into the bearing and you have to push it out.
Guru
LyveWRX
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Member#: 19057 Well we'll have to see, I can at least draw up some B/P.
Join Date: May 2002
Chapter/Region: MW SO C Hmmm... I dont really know how the bearing is pushed. I'll need at least
Location: Mid-Town, De troit, MI
Vehicle: ID/OD and other diameters that dont ruin the bearing when pushing on
2002 WRX it. Since I've not done this you may need to give me lots of details.
& Red Ford 1-ton Van
Also minimum length could be usefull also.
Last edited by LyveWRX; 06-14-2005 at 02:40 PM.
ammelk
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Member#: 85460 this is super. thanks for the great write up..i want to redo mine, and I
Join Date: Apr 2005 was worried. Its not harding then the 4x4's I've owned and done this
Chapter/Region: NW IC to.. heck its even easier
Location: R oche ste r
Vehicle: thanks again for the super write up..
07 RallyX NITRO now.. lets sticky this bad boy..
White
eltrouble
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Chapter/Region: SC IC
Location: C e rritos, C A
Vehicle:
2003 WRB WRX Wagon
5 doors > 4 doors
Hotrodguru
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Q uote :
Member#: 37210
Join Date: May 2003 Originally Posted by LyveWRX
Chapter/Region: Inte rnational
Location: in a Shotgun House Well we'll have to see, I can at least draw up some B/P.
FTW !
Vehicle: Hmmm... I dont really know how the bearing is pushed. I'll need
2002 Tarmac Bugeye
2007 Muddy FJ Cruiser at least ID/OD and other diameters that dont ruin the bearing
when pushing on it. Since I've not done this you may need to
give me lots of details.
I'll get you all the dimensions this weekend if I get a chance. Work has
me slaving currently, haha. I'm going to see if I can go up to the dealer,
have them pull a new bearing, hub and I'll measure and photograph the
dimensions.
Guru
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