Rear Wheel Bearing

[engleflick]

Yet another question I am afraid!

I need to replace my offside rear wheel bearing, as it has become noisy and I have been advised as such when I had the car serviced.

I would like to do the job myself, as that is part of the reason I bought the car i.e. to work on it, not just pay large sums to someone else to do it for me when often it is unessecary. Hence my question:

1.) In the 911 SC service manual by Bentley Publishers, it mentions the use of several special Porsche tools to remove the wheel bearing. Does anyone know if you have to use these are is it possible to perform the task without them?

2.) If you do need them where can they be obtained? (Any idea of cost?)

3.) On the subject of the bearing itself, I have found the cheapest place for the bearing to be eurocarparts (£26.50 +VAT) Will one form one of the other more specialist porsche parts suppliers ones (about £35-40 +VAT) be of any better quality? Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[bones]

I can't remember when I last fitted wheel bearings but if there is a choice of pattern parts or Porsche for critical applications like this the only choice is Porsche. To get a good price try these people
Bert Gear
Type 911
You will need a press to do this job properly. If you can find a local engineering firm you could do the dissasembly tell them what's required and do it yourself with the help of the Bentley, it's straightforward.

 

[oilyrag]

Why do you need a press for this job? A slide hammer with suitable atachments works well......my arms are steel rather than alloy but does this make a difference to fitting? Replaced both of mine (72' E) without many problems....although on the steel arms it is necessary to put the new bearing in the fridge & heat up the socket of the steel arm......maybe that's the difference with the alloy arms as you wouldn't want to stress them too much. [8|]

Will see what is in a couple of books when I get home in the morning.

'E' mail me your tel no. for a chat if you like ....thelightfoots@tesco.net

 

[Guest]

my arms are steel rather than alloy

What does this make you, bionic man ?

The rest of us make do with flesh and bone.

 

[bones]

In my next life I think I'll plum for a titanium spine!....
you would think you could use a drift to get the bearing back in but the Porsche workshop manual advises against this for fear of damaging the bearing so as it's such a pain and a boring job to boot if you have to do it again I think the Porsche recommendation has some serious value.

 

[oilyrag]

What does this make you, bionic man ?

No of course not...................Bionic Rag! [8D]

 

[Peter_Bull]

a titanium spine

Bones - you can have the 2x 6" rods of Titanium in my spine if you like! They don't seem to have done a lot for me since they were put in! Can't really grumble though, they really did do their best.
Cheerio,

 

[bones]

I was thinking of a completely new design really with fully adjustable suspension (FAS) for each vertebrae, continuous injection blood supply (CIBS) and anti scare tissue forming cells (ASTFC) all encased in a titanium/carbon/carbon hyper flexible tunnel. Now if God (I use that name loosely) had consulted me before designing such fundamental flaws into the human body......