[mif73]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Thanks for the info mif73.

Regarding the rear hubs/bearings, are they like the fronts where it is an all in one unit?

Unfortunately the rears are a completely different beast.
There is a pac nut like the front but the hub can sometimes be tough to pull out and may need a hydraulic puller if the corrosion is bad.
the top or bottom upright joint bolt and hand brake cable and toe link ball joint needs to be removed to allow the hub to pull away from the half shaft.

Then the all bolts need to be removed to allow the upright and hub assembly to be removed together.

Then soak more penetrant and find a 20 to 50 tonne press to remove the hub from the bearing and upright assembly.
You can take your assembly to a workshop and ask them to press it out.
I took mine to a cv joint shop after soaking the assembly in penetrant and supplied new koyo bearings for him to re assemble .
He charged me $50 for labour on each side.

You may need to supply a new hub if the old one had even a minor score mark.
the hub itself forms part of the inner race and helps pre load the bearing. This is critical.

Scared yet??? :-)