- two- or three-jaw puller;
- internal snap ring pliers;
- cup puller.
Removal
1. Prepare the car for work ("Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. Loosen the rear wheel hub nut in the same way as shown on the front wheel ("Front Wheel Hub Bearing - Replacement").
3. Place the car on a stand, remove the wheel and brake drum ("Brake drum - removal and installation").
4. Unscrew the nut and remove the thrust washer from the hub nut.
5. Using a puller, press the hub off the axle together with the bearing.
6. If the hub bearing has been destroyed and its inner ring remains on the axle, press it off with a two-jaw puller, installing its jaws in special recesses.
7. Install the hub in a vice.
8. Using a puller, compress and remove the bearing retaining ring.
9. Using a cup puller, press the bearing out of the hub.
Installation
Warning! When pressing in a bearing, force may only be applied to its outer ring.
1. Using the outer ring of the old bearing as a mandrel, press the new bearing into the hub with a puller.
2. Using a puller, install the bearing retaining ring.
3. Install the hub on the axle.
4. Install the thrust washer and tighten the hub nut.
5. By tightening the nut, we press the bearing onto the hub axle.
6. Install the brake drum ("Brake drum - removal and installation") and the wheel ("Wheel - replacement").
7. Lower the car onto its wheels.
8. Tighten the hub nut to a torque of 186.3-225.6 N·m (19-23 kgf·m) and press the edge of the nut into the groove of the hub axle ("Front Wheel Hub Bearing - Replacement").
9. Install the hub cap.