Given that you have the bearing, tools, grease, etc., how long should it take to change a rear wheel bearing on a '90 Loyale?

 

Now that I can hear it, how long might I get away with not changing it?

1. about 2 hr. You will want to remove the axle, if not the whole trailing arm

 

2. until the wheel is cambered, and eats up the inside of the hub, and ruins the drum/rotor, or causing a lip in the drum that will make it near impossible to remove.

 

the easiest thing to do is swap a trailing arm.

 

othewise you need a pin socket and a shop press to do it properly.

 

on a FWD, the rear bearing is cake, takes about a half hour.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77491

 

Follow this. It makes life easy.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77491

 

Follow this. It makes life easy.

 

Thanks for the tip, but that's for a front bearing, mine's a rear.

 

I found that post quite helpful when I recently replaced my LF axle and bearings, BTW..

took me about 2-3 hours, iirc When i did my rear right bearing on my 90' loyale i removed the trailing arm from the axle, popped the old bearing out with a bar bending press and peices from the old bearing, and used the same process to get it in, it works just fine now and theres no problems. but if you dont get it in properly ive heard there can be problems that cause it to prematureley wear, and im sure the bearing can go for a while before completely crapping out, Mine did before started making horrible noises and pulling the car to one side, just my 2c's. hope this helps

My Bad

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=112226

 

hope this helps

My Bad

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=112226

 

hope this helps

 

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

 

All things accounted for, I'm going for the rear arm change, will fool about with the bearings during the snow season, predicted to begin here tomorrow night.

 

Still have no 4th 14" Peugeot wheel, going to fit the 14" Hakka 4s to my old Mercedes and hope for the best. Left to wonder whether 4wd Soob w/o studs will work better than 2wd Mercedes w/studs, in snow and ice. The Merc worked pretty well on cleared icy roads, with the studs, but couldn't make it up my snowy driveway. Not looking forward to exploring ice in 4wd with bald snow tires..