Are you intending to take the entire knuckle casting to a machine shop for the press-work, or use one of those on-the-car arrangements which relies on bolt threads for the force? What I do is remove the axle bolt (tire on the ground for this) then disconnect the caliper, take off the disk, disconnect the ABS cable, then disconnect all four ball joint studs and tie-rod end ball stud, often easier said than done. Tote the whole thing plus your new bearing to the NAPA shop, or wherever.
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Not totally sure yet which method to use, put carrier in press or use on the car bearing R&R kit. It's my brothers car and I plan to help him do it. We have a Greenerd 3-ton arbor press at our disposal. And a friend nearby has a large hydraulic press. But seems like the easier route is to rent a screw thread force driven On-The-Car bearing R&R kit, such as the attached image below. Or possibly maybe buy a similar kit from Horror Fright if they sell such a kit?
Seems like having to remove the knuckle and requiring an alignment after seems, like a bit of extra work. But I really don't know, can go either way. That's why I am here asking. I have never worked on a front wheel drive car. Have owned and repaired Ford PU trucks last 30 years.
You tell me, what's the most painless process to do that job? We need to do both sides on the front of his Passat. Its a 2002 w/ 1.8T motor.
Seems like having to remove the knuckle and requiring an alignment after seems, like a bit of extra work. But I really don't know, can go either way. That's why I am here asking. I have never worked on a front wheel drive car. Have owned and repaired Ford PU trucks last 30 years.
You tell me, what's the most painless process to do that job? We need to do both sides on the front of his Passat. Its a 2002 w/ 1.8T motor.
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