Front hub bearing

[33chinacars]

Has anyone changed the front hub bearings on a MY05 without all the factory tools. How hard a job. Have a grumble, not sure if it's that. But though I'd start there.

[Graeme]

I tried one on my MY12 having fabricated a tool like the LR one but couldn't budge the shaft. The local mechanic eventually got the shaft out and back in but pretty much destroyed my tool in the process. Mine's shaft was a very tight fit.
BTW, the bearing wasn't the cause of the rumbling, instead caused by pipes from the ABS pump vibrating together due to a spacer clip having become detached, a quite expensive misdiagnosis.

[Homestar]

Haven't done the fronts, but the back ones on my 02 when I had it - bloody hard work getting the shafts out and back in again. Not sure how different the fronts are, but if similar they will be a battle.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Haven't done the fronts, but the back ones on my 02 when I had it - bloody hard work getting the shafts out and back in again. Not sure how different the fronts are, but if similar they will be a battle.
You talking about getting the axle shafts out from the rear diff, where the rave manual says use a soft drift and tap and they pop out. Bull that is almost impossiible as no room to swing the hammer of Thor , I used chain and put bolts through the links and screwed them into the flange, then had a mate with a slide hammer on the other end of the chain out side of the car and we got it dislodged.

[33chinacars]

Sounds like hard work . Maybe too hard with my stuffed back & shoulders. Might have to leave this one the experts with [B]correct tools . Just no one close to me . Nearest RR dealer about 260 kms. [bigsad] Bugger

[Homestar]

You talking about getting the axle shafts out from the rear diff, where the rave manual says use a soft drift and tap and they pop out. Bull that is almost impossiible as no room to swing the hammer of Thor , I used chain and put bolts through the links and screwed them into the flange, then had a mate with a slide hammer on the other end of the chain out side of the car and we got it dislodged.

No, getting the shafts out of the wheel bearings on the hub. Out if the Diffs is easy.

[Graeme]

If mine needs any new wheel bearings (it sounds as though the rears are just as difficult as the fronts) then it will be done by a workshop that has the correct puller.

I made a fork to lever the driveshafts out of the rear diff when fitting the e-diff.

[33chinacars]

Sounds like a plan . Just a big trip . Minimum 500 kms

[Homestar]

You can use a press if you have the whole shaft out, nothing special required.

[rar110]

How many km do bearings generally last? I'm thinking pre-emptive maintenance.

[chaybra]

How many km do bearings generally last? I'm thinking pre-emptive maintenance.

Im now pushing 250K, 33's, bigger offset and lots and lots of off road work, still no sign of bearing wear.

[Homestar]

How many km do bearings generally last? I'm thinking pre-emptive maintenance.

On mine, it had just over 200,000 - fronts were fine, rears were noisy and once removed, definately the cause of some of the rear end noise, so no definitive answer on this one I don't think.

Chaybra probably abuses his more than most as he would be the one here that off roads his the most and they're still fine :). Based on that I guess it's just wait. For the amount of work required, I wouldn't bother until they start to make a noise - I've never known one to just up and fail - the rears in mine still had plenty of life left, but were rumbly and had been noisy for 6 months before I did them, so no panic IMO.

[Tins]

You can use a press if you have the whole shaft out, nothing special required.

Good thing it's not a Subaru. Saw 20t on one of those and it didn't budge. New hub, carrier, shaft; the works. Most reliable car in the world....

[Homestar]

Good thing it's not a Subaru. Saw 20t on one of those and it didn't budge. New hub, carrier, shaft; the works. Most reliable car in the world....

Abslutely, loved the Scooby Doos I've owned. :)

[rar110]

On mine, it had just over 200,000 - fronts were fine, rears were noisy and once removed, definately the cause of some of the rear end noise, so no definitive answer on this one I don't think.

Chaybra probably abuses his more than most as he would be the one here that off roads his the most and they're still fine :). Based on that I guess it's just wait. For the amount of work required, I wouldn't bother until they start to make a noise - I've never known one to just up and fail - the rears in mine still had plenty of life left, but were rumbly and had been noisy for 6 months before I did them, so no panic IMO.

Good to know as I have 265,000km up now. I had a strange rumbling from the front left, which disappeared when I swapped tyres. But I'd already bought a full set of bearings by then. I was surprised all bearings were the same part number. Well that's what I was sent.

[Tins]

Abslutely, loved the Scooby Doos I've owned. :)

Been a fan of Scoobys for a while. Me old Mum had ordered one of the first Range Rovers to come here, from Don Fox Motors, but something happened to the exchange rate and she cancelled. I suggested she try one of the then new 1400 4WD wagons from Fuji Heavy Industries. Apart from dampers that had flogged out on the boat trip ( not tied down ) that car was flawless. Horrible little thing, but it just NEVER stopped. She went on to have four more of them. She actually did need the 4WD where they lived. Apart from poor fuel blocking the filters the things were bulletproof.

What I posted about the wheel bearing/CV was true though. They are notorious for being VERY hard to press out.

[chaybra]

Good to know as I have 265,000km up now. I had a strange rumbling from the front left, which disappeared when I swapped tyres. But I'd already bought a full set of bearings by then. I was surprised all bearings were the same part number. Well that's what I was sent.

Apparently the same as most big euro 4x4s, q7s, bmws and the likes