cameron2

How easy/difficult is it to change the front bearing on a 4x4 saff?

saff cosworth

not that hard. done one last week took half an hour.

The Youth.

iTrader: (1)

half an hour!!!

you need a job with an F1 team if you can complete that job in that time!!
I have done countless front w/b's and they take longer than that!

steve

tabetha

I was thinking the same don't know about 1/2 hour bit but easy to do.
tabetha

LeviA

Half an hour?? Took me about 2 days! Fair do I'm not versed in such things like but it was pretty difficult I thought, getting the front anti-roll bar back in is a bastard!!!!

tabetha

If you support the whole car on axle stands under chassis, you can then jack up other side which will ease strain on anti roll bar so making it much easier.
tabetha

saff cosworth

i got air tools, thus making it quicker to remove all the bolts i need
to.
about removing the anti roll bar?
i just prise down the wish bone to pop the bottom ball joint.
i had the hub out in 10 min, bearings out and fitted in about 15
then put it back together.

LeviA

I'd love to watch you on fitting them in 15 mins, mine were a total bastard to do, knocking out the races took at least 3 hours alone.

Paulo P

Are they any easier on a 2 wheel drive?

philbert

It take's me 40 mins to do a wheel bearing with full workshop facility's, My car is on coilovers so I have no problem with the roll bar just back off the coilover nut remove ball joint bolt and compress the strut and its off trackrod nut, hub nut, calliper bolts all with air tool. As for the bearing casing run a weld on it to shrink it and there out. Press in new ones and refit job done. But I have done it on the driveway with minimal tools and its a pig of a job that roll bar .

LeviA

Agreed that rollbar is a total nightmare. Next time I'll be shipping into a garage for them to do it, I'm too old for that shit lol