Rear bearings, why... oh why do they have to be so expensive?!? Options

[wind]

ok,

Looks like i will be needing to replace my rear wheel bearings.

All the shops in town only carry the hub+bearing assembly. I have however found a wheel bearing module. It is only the bearing and not the hub and is at a fraction of the cost.... $300 for the assembly and $80 for the module.

I haven't taken apart the bearing/hub assembly and am not sure if I will be able to savage the remaining needed parts....

Need some wise info from all you gurus on the best plan of attack without killing my wallet!

[playr158]

advanced auto sells JUST the bearing assembly
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail....186&ptset=A


except the thing is toyota presses in the wheel hub then presses the hub and nut so you can't really remove it
not sure if you'll be able to tell from this picture what i'm talking about but at about "2 o'clock" you can see where there is a pressed notch thats what is extremely hard to undo


basically to seperate wheel hub from bearing hub = HUGE HUGE HUGE biznatch

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 14, 2006 - 12:02 AM

[rjbibeau]

advanced auto sells JUST the bearing assembly
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail....186&ptset=A


except the thing is toyota presses in the wheel hub then presses the hub and nut so you can't really remove it
not sure if you'll be able to tell from this picture what i'm talking about but at about "2 o'clock" you can see where there is a pressed notch thats what is extremely hard to undo


basically to seperate wheel hub from bearing hub = HUGE HUGE HUGE biznatch

it doesn't say if this has abs or not? anyone know. i did the st search and came up with the same part number. my car is a gt but no abs