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I'm looking at replacing the front wheel bearings on my 98' GPvR w/ABS

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m3b0s12p167/_ ... DE2A_-_ALL

Would I be correct in assuming these are the replacments?

Also, would it be plausible for me to remove the hub assembly myself and take it down to a mechanic to press them out or should I just leave it all to the mechanic?

Cock of a job.

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19942&p=221170&hil ... NG#p221170

Getting the hub off is a pain too, especially if you don't have a compressor to get the castle nut off & a ball joint splitter for the control arm & steering ball joints.

Mechanic it is

What price do you think they would charge for labour?

My mechanic is an ex mitsi dealer mechanic, he knows his way around an FTO.

Uh, I dunno. Spose it took me a good 3 hours to do, so whatever his hourly rate is x 3?

Bennoz do you think it would be a good idea to take off the hubs from the car and just take them into a suspension shop to swap bearings, to keep labor costs down?


To the OP, you'd most likely need to factor in a wheel alignment as well

As I said above, if you're confident you can crack the castle nut & split 2 ball joints, then sure, save yourself some money.

A mechanic will prob charge ya half hour labor to remove the hubs! Pain in the arse if ya don't know what ya doing.

spetz wrote:Bennoz do you think it would be a good idea to take off the hubs from the car and just take them into a suspension shop to swap bearings, to keep labor costs down?


To the OP, you'd most likely need to factor in a wheel alignment as well

Don't understand why you would need a wheel alignment?

payaya wrote:

spetz wrote:Bennoz do you think it would be a good idea to take off the hubs from the car and just take them into a suspension shop to swap bearings, to keep labor costs down?


To the OP, you'd most likely need to factor in a wheel alignment as well

Don't understand why you would need a wheel alignment?

Very true, unless you're turning the tie rod ends there would be no need.

Yeah I guess it wouldn't be necessary.

Will these fit a 1998 model GPvR?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MITSUBISHI-FT ... 53d89f7eef

Says from 94-97 but I didn't think they changed after 97+

Yep. Thats expensive though, got a bearing shop nearby? All the part numbers are in my thread.

Shhtuart wrote:

payaya wrote:

spetz wrote:Bennoz do you think it would be a good idea to take off the hubs from the car and just take them into a suspension shop to swap bearings, to keep labor costs down?

To the OP, you'd most likely need to factor in a wheel alignment as well

Don't understand why you would need a wheel alignment?

Very true, unless you're turning the tie rod ends there would be no need.

You're essentially dismantling the entire front suspension. I'd be very surprised if the alignment was exactly the same after you put it all back together. Personally I'd be doing a wheel alignment (and just hope they don't f**k it up lol!).

Agreed. They're some fairly crude nuts, bolts & holes in the front hubs, there aint no toleranced stuff down there, you can actually make quite significant alignment changes in just the 2 strut to hub bolts.