steering knuckle / wheel assembly? wheel bearings? Options

[homebuilder]

Hi,

I have bad bearings in the front passenger side. I noticed online a rear wheel assembly for the same price as the bearings along.

Is there an assembly for the front?

I was told something about it being called the knuckle, can you buy that with the bearings already installed so no need for a press?

The mechanic I was talking to said the assembly or whatever holds the bearings was probably bad since the wheel bearings are making noise, and I may as well get and replace the whole thing. Now I know part of if not his whole reason for saying this is apparently it is less labor to just replace the whole knuckle compared to replacing the bearings... But what is yor experience? It only started making scrapping noises today, do you expect the whole knuckle to be bad?

[lagos]

Your better off removing your own knuckle and just taking it to a shop that can press out the old bearing and press in a new one.
If you get a junk yard knuckle with bearing, your going to get a used part that may or may not be just as bad as what you have now. I think a new bearing is about 100 bucks, and you could probably have a shop press it in for you for 50 bucks.... or buy your own press for 100 bucks.