Should I do the wheel bearings myself or pay a shop?
 

I have a feeling my bearings are going. Should I attack this job or just pay someone to do it? Anyone know the book hours on it? Thanks

What are you mech skills? It's not that hard of a job. Just have make sure you install the fronts the right direction & take the ABS sensor out.

I would do it myself, but I also know my skills ;) YMMV

I can do some work, but I have to see if it is worth it for me to get my hands dirty. If it cost me $100, I am not going to waste time doing it

Changing the wheel bearings is easy to do. Here's a link to when I changed my wheel studs. This will give you an idea of what's needed. ;)

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...eel-studs.html

are you running spacers?

The process is easy, but if they are stuck in there it can be frustrating. I'd DIY

Here is the thing that pisses me off. It doesn't appear to be a wheel bearing as I can't rock the wheel. The noise is slowly turning into a bad bicycle chain sound. I still have wheel bearing as number one on my list, but could it be something like a loose exhaust heat shield???

I guess no sears point for me this weekend.

If you can't diagnose a wheel bearing your most likely best off to take it to a shop.

Yeah okay, whatever you say.

I reviewed the shop manual, it's actually easy to replace the entire hub. I just need to figure out if the noise is truly the bearing. Now the car is sounding like a bicycle chain when I turn

youre not lowered anything crazy right? just to make sure its not a tire or wheel rubbing.

If not, it could still be your wheel bearing even if you cant rock the wheel, if it lost its grease then it will get loud

Wheel bearings "should" be an easy DIY, unless of course there's any bit of corrosion. I had to remove my wheel bearings to install the Stillen Brake Cooling ducts. There's only 4 bolts to hold it on... but once removed i couldn't get that hub out with a: hammer, mallet, crowbar, PBR Blaster, jedi force. NOTHING would get that hub out of there.

*I drive the car in the winter so its prolly very corroded in there. Guy at the shop said it 'came right out'" But he had it on a lift, and had a much bigger mallet than i did to "loosen" the hub.

So keep this in mind when doing / replacing a hub. :tup: