I went to check the rear bearings on my daughter's 04 Corolla this past weekend, the car has 66K miles so I thought they could use repacking, right? So I removed the
drums and unbolted the bearing carrier and axle flange from the rear suspension arm
(easy enough to do, just 4 bolts hold it on) and there's a metal dust cap on the back
side that can be pryed off to reveal the bearings, but when you remove the cap you
find out there is no way to take the unit apart, no circlip, nut, whatever you can remove and press the axle flange out to access the bearings! So you can't really service the bearing except for maybe work a little grease into the inner ball bearing,
no way to get to the outer bearing at all! So the whole unit has to be replaced as a single piece! Typical of the ripoff car industry, you can't lube the bearings so they're built to fail and even then you can't buy just the bearings, you have to buy the whole assembly! I haven't priced these yet but I'm sure they're not cheap! I'm thinking of trying to install a grease fitting in the dust cap and force grease under pressure thru the whole unit, this might work if the pressure doesn't push the cap off! ( it's pressed on pretty tight.) I'll try anything to beat the ripoffs at their own game! Good luck! Fred
Remove the tire and wheel from your 1989 Toyota Corolla. Remove the end of the axle. Remove the axle seal. Remove the wheel bearing. Reverse the process to install your new wheel bearing.
$250 Labor plus $350 Bearing at Toyota Dealer
The cost to replace the wheel bearing on one side in the front of a 1996 Toyota Corolla will cost approximately $316 to $403 for labor. The cost for the parts are estimated to be $77 to $105.
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Is the wheel bearing on the front or the rear ????.. There is a big difference ...
how do i replace a wheel seal
59 foot pounds
can you grease the front wheel bearing s on a 2001 toyota corrolla without removing them. Is there a external greaese fitting.
400 dollars
no
$40 for the bearing and 250-100 for labur
not easily or quietly