Had my front bearings repacked today

[Solitude]

How much did you all pay for the repack?

I was quoted 3 hours book time from one mechanic down the street.. I used the other guy for various reasons.. and saved 35.00$ but 3 hours book time is a reasonable quote

[Joe Isuzu]

Is this something reasonably easy that we can do ourselves? I'm sure it's messy but it's fun experimenting on the VX and trying things otu I've not done before. Do we need special tools?

[MSHardeman]

Joe,

I know that Kenny did his own bearing re-pack and he said that it wasn't tough just time consuming. I am about to tackle re-packing the front bearings and replacing the rotors and brake pads myself next weekend (to get ready for Moab), so I'll let you know how it goes. For now you can read up on the procedure in the article below from the planetisuzoo site.

http://www.planetisuzoo.com/articles.htm/56

[crager34]

Is this something reasonably easy that we can do ourselves? I'm sure it's messy but it's fun experimenting on the VX and trying things otu I've not done before. Do we need special tools?

The hardest part is getting the bolts unstuck. Otherwise, for the drivway mechanic, it just a bit time consumming.

[Y33TREKker]

I saw a bearing repacking tool similar to this (the other was metal) on one of those 4X4 shows on tv recently. It looked like it would fill the rollers evenly, and be a lot easier than doing it by hand.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97489



The roller bearing goes between the two plates. The main bolt is hollow (closed on the ends), and although you can't see it in the picture, also has a second hole in the bolt in the area between the two plates where the bearing will be. Once the bearing is placed on the bolt and centered between the two plates, a grease cerk is inserted into the other hole in the bolt, and a grease gun can then be attatched to send grease through the bolt and out through the bearing. Easy squeezy.

[Y33TREKker]

As I looked at that picture, I'm pretty sure the one I saw on tv had the grease cerk on the end of the bolt so it wouldn't have to be removed in order to thread the clamping nut onto the threads, but otherwise it was the same principle.

[JHarris1385]

Or this kind

Found on ebay for under $20

[Joe Isuzu]

great, thanks guys, I'll look more into this after I get my tranny fluid changed, and after I get my muffler situation resolved.......................................... .................................................. .............................
hmmm, looking at june by my accounts!

[grantCO]

Or this kind

Found on ebay for under $20

This is the part that made my bearing repack 100% faster and easy for a do-it-yourselfers. I would have replaced the bearings if they have any burning/scratching. Checker Autoparts has them for 200.00 +/- a few bucks thats the front only. If you have any questions shoot me a PM I just did this.

[driver3]

This is the part that made my bearing repack 100% faster and easy for a do-it-yourselfers. I would have replaced the bearings if they have any burning/scratching. Checker Autoparts has them for 200.00 +/- a few bucks thats the front only. If you have any questions shoot me a PM I just did this.

I bought my bearings for like $10-15 each, you only need two.. 200 is way too much, did you mistype?

[driver3]

I saw a bearing repacking tool similar to this (the other was metal) on one of those 4X4 shows on tv recently. It looked like it would fill the rollers evenly, and be a lot easier than doing it by hand.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97489



The roller bearing goes between the two plates. The main bolt is hollow (closed on the ends), and although you can't see it in the picture, also has a second hole in the bolt in the area between the two plates where the bearing will be. Once the bearing is placed on the bolt and centered between the two plates, a grease cerk is inserted into the other hole in the bolt, and a grease gun can then be attatched to send grease through the bolt and out through the bearing. Easy squeezy.

I use this, it works great. Also, the manual states repacking every 15k if I'm not mistaken. It's not a bad job at all.. just dirty. RAGS RAGS RAGS... I got a paint can of part washer, it came with a basket, works great.