Rear wheel bearing

[John B]

As you all know I'm having a bit of trouble with noise and vibrations at 60 -70 mph so was thinking of replacing the rear wheel bearings so Could anyone tell me if it's a big job ??? Do you have to remove the shaft which is inside the rear axel ?? Any tips or should I just burn it ? :doh

 

[solarman216]

I would not be doing rear wheel bearings for the fun of it, have not done one on a T2 yet and hope I never have to, done plenty on other motors in the past and not the best of jobs, very often resorting to oxy acetylene torch to get the old bearing off as special tools for the job are expensive, Rick

 

[Fez_uk]

As you all know I'm having a bit of trouble with noise and vibrations at 60 -70 mph so was thinking of replacing the rear wheel bearings so Could anyone tell me if it's a big job ??? Do you have to remove the shaft which is inside the rear axel ?? Any tips or should I just burn it ? :doh

Have you checked the UJs on the propshaft? :thumb2

 

[Banshee]

I inquired on here a while back about replacing rear wheel bearings and had the same response from a few guys.

It looks like a PIG!!!! of a job

Luckily mine turned out to be UJ's on the rear prop :bow

 

[rustic]

I inquired on here a while back about replacing rear wheel bearings and had the same response from a few guys.

It looks like a PIG!!!! of a job

Luckily mine turned out to be UJ's on the rear prop :bow

The rear bearing on my Mav has been the only repair in 20 years that I decided to let the Nissan dealer do. This was a good decision, at the time.:thumb2

This was long before I knew about this club too.
First sign, was oil in the rear nearside brake drum, which dripped onto the inner wheel rim.
They replaced the seal.
A week later... same problem...
So they replaced the seal and bearing, 10 years later still ok.
So in my case, no prior noises or vibrations, oil leak was the first that I knew there was a problem, so if I were you, brake drums off, have a look for gear oil.

Also have you put the correct diff oil in. IT must be LSD oil, Comma do a good one, 2.8 litres for the older cast iron rear diff, around half that for the lower cost pressed steel version.

There are the odd threads on this forum on how to remove rear half shafts, but it involves big slide hammers, fabricated tools and brute force, and that's before you start on removing the bearings.

Could you try the rear axle on a rollling road at your local MOT station?:nenau

If you are certain it might be the diff, second hand ones are available, and you can always transfer the ancillaries, back plates, drums etc from your own to the replacement, if in better condition.

 

[Banshee]

Also have you put the correct diff oil in. IT must be LSD oil, Comma do a good one, 2.8 litres for the older cast iron rear diff, around half that for the lower cost pressed steel version.

If you are certain it might be the diff, second hand ones are available, and you can always transfer the ancillaries, back plates, drums etc from your own to the replacement, if in better condition.

Oi we'll have less of that!!!! Lol The new diffs do look very flimsy, the one on my Maverick looked well beefy compared to my new terry!!

I was told by James that it would be easier and cheaper to just replace the whole rear axle, that way if it was diff or wheel bearings then you'd cure both issues

 

[John B]

As you all know I've had a noise and vibration between 60 and 70 mph. Turned out to be a cheep uj which was from milners. Took the prop off and could feel a tiny amount of play so I changed the joint and all is well thank god. :clap

 

[Banshee]

As you all know I've had a noise and vibration between 60 and 70 mph. Turned out to be a cheep uj which was from milners. Took the prop off and could feel a tiny amount of play so I changed the joint and all is well thank god. :clap

What a score!!!!!!! Glad you've got there

I bet it feels like a new car again?

 

[John B]

Yeah I am pleased I must admit not bad tho only took me about 8 months to find the problem :doh

 

[solarman216]

better than a rear wheel bearing though, Rick

 

[panelbeater]

i have done many rear in my past but the worst one was a twin wheel transit,easier to take the whole lot out with shafts.

 

[Terrano Steve]

I recently made this to remove the bearing and hub from rear hilux axle with a hydraulic press.
I am sure something similar could be made for the terrano, I am not trying to belittle the job as it was quite long winded but certainly not difficult.
Something like this could be made and shared with forum members as most of us can access a hyd press the one I used was a 10 ton press (doesn't need to be an engineer shop)