{"id":3823,"date":"2018-03-08T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2018-03-08T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:00:13","slug":"how-to-replace-the-rear-wheel-bearing-on-a-1996-2000-honda-civic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/08\/how-to-replace-the-rear-wheel-bearing-on-a-1996-2000-honda-civic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Replace the Rear Wheel Bearing on a 1996-2000 Honda Civic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The left rear wheel bearing on my 1997 Civic had been making a lot of noise for a while so I finally replaced it, and it was easier than I expected. If you have to do this yourself, here&#8217;s a guide. This applies to 1996 to 2000 Honda Civics with rear drum brakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3824\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_01.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_01\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The only tool that might not be in your toolbox already is a 32 mm axle nut socket. You&#8217;ll also need a punch or chisel, hammer, breaker bar or air wrench, and a torque wrench.<\/p>\n<p>Start by safely lifting and supporting the rear of the car and removing the wheel. If you don&#8217;t have an air impact driver you&#8217;ll want to leave the brake drum on at first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3825\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_02.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_02\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remove the dusts cap from the center of the hub. Because my car is so rusty the cap was practically part of the hub so I ended up chiseling out the center of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3826\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_03.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_03\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remove the axle nut and washer. If you only have a breaker bar you should be able to loosen it with the parking brake applied, otherwise an air wrench will take it right off. You don&#8217;t have to unstake the nut because it&#8217;s close enough to the end of the spindle that it won&#8217;t damage it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3827\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_04.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_04\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old bearing and hub assembly should come right off. I was surprised that it came off so easily.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3828\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_05.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_05\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is probably the least rusty part on my car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3829\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_06.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_06\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slide the new bearing and hub assembly onto the spindle and install the washer and nut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3830\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018_03_08_07.jpg\" alt=\"2018_03_08_07\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Torque the nut to 134 lb ft. You can do this by holding the hub still with a prybar, or install the brake drum and wheel and lowering the car to put some weight on it so it doesn&#8217;t spin. Stake the nut with a punch or chisel. Install a new dust cap and anything else you removed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>New blog posts every Monday and Thursday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Mechanical Malarkey <a href=\"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/stickers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stickers available for $5<\/a> anywhere in the US!<\/p>\n<p>-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left rear wheel bearing on my 1997 Civic had been making a lot of noise for a while so I finally replaced it, and it was easier than I expected. If you have to do this yourself, here&#8217;s a guide. This applies to 1996 to 2000 Honda Civics with rear drum brakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,68],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-suspension","tag-wheels-tires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}