marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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my brother has just started to do his back wheel bearing on his corsa, how easy are they to do?
anyone got a step by step guide as hes bound to get stuck in a minute, lol
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Haynes.
There fairly straightforward, just make sure you DONT overtighten the main nut.
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
Location: Pensby, Wirral Drives:Golf mk4 GTI
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quote:
Originally posted by Vaux Lad
Haynes.
There fairly straightforward, just make sure you DONT overtighten the main nut.
lent it out to a mate, lol
hes getting on ok, hes got it all off ok, just putting the new one in at the mo, will tell him not to do it up too tight
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pdwhelan
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Registered: 25th Sep 06
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I think mine needs doing aswell. can hear it when driving on a straight with low revs. I always thought it was the exhaust 
I will be keeping an eye on this thread though for any help aswell to change mine.
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V-Man
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Registered: 7th Feb 05
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ironic i just done both my rears today lol. they are simple enough. i just dont know any technical words for it all.... but for some simple info.... wheel off, cap off, split pin out, king nut off, little plate out, first bearing out, take the drum off and turn it over. then on the back you have a black seal to remove, i was told sometimes they stick to the car, mine were still held to the drum pretty well, very well in fact lol. remove that black seal, then the second bearing will come out. then you got to remove the "metal ring" the bearing rolls in... yup my good use of technical words there lol. but when you buy the new ones youll know what im talking about. they are tight in the drum. but i got them out using a hammer and screwdriver lol. youll find that you will have to go from the opposite side of the drum to remove the ring. there are little notches out of the inside of the drum so you can get the screwdriver down in there, rest it on the back of the ring and give the ring a good whack, there should be two notches so you can hit it out square. once both of them are out, you gotta put the new ones back in, obvioulsy the right way because of the taper of the ring. i rested mine in the drum, put the old ring on top of it so i wasnt hitting the new one, and then slowly bashed it into place. because of the taper inside the ring, the thickness of the metal either end is different, i found using the thin side first, then half way swapping it so the fatter side is being used to push the new one in meant that if it got stuck then there was a little lip for me to bash the old one out again. but once they are in as far as they will go, on the back of the drum, put the new bearing in (i greased it all too), and put the new black seal on, greased the main spindal, put the drum back on, more grease where the front bearing was going, put the front bearing in, little plate back in, king nut on (not too tight, not too loose) new split pin as mine were nakered lol, cap, wheel.
probably sounds hard cos of the crap quick way ive described it but it is easy and when its all apart you easily see what you gotta do 
hope that helps in any way, shape, or form lol
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