Was wonderign if you knew of an online reference for installing a front wheel bearing on a 1998 sonata? Is it pressed in or bolted? Any hints on making this an easy repair?

Thanks

 

Pressed in bearing. Best thing you can do is go buy the bearing ( get it from a dealer please) aftermarkets suck when they give you the wrong one after its all apart. Anyway get your bearing, remove the spindle assy, easy removal.Remove caliper, remove rotor,remove lower ball joint nut (some have 2 bolts instead). Remove bolts that hold strut to spindle and remove tie rod nut.
Now when taking that tie rod off make sure to shock the side of the spindle where it goes through with a hammer it will come loose. DONT hammer on the tie rod threaded end. Anyway you have your spindle off.Take it to the dealer or some qualified shop and have them press the bearing in.It is a pain. It should only cost you 1hr labor from that point. If you bring it in and have them do the whole job it should be about 1.5 lbr plus the bearing. OOPs sorry when removing that spindle you also need a 32mm socket to remove axle nut. ( make sure I get it all ). Let us know how you came out.

 

Thanks, i hope to get it done this weekend. Does the bearing and hub come together, or is it seperate?

 

Bearing is seperate. The hub has to be pressed on bearing after bearing pressed in spindle.

 

Got it all done, thanks for the help!!

 

i have a 97 tiburon. i was driving it and all of a sudden the transmission went out. There was no warning of slippage or anything. It only has 90,000 miles on it. Short of replacing the whole transmission, could he be something else? I don't have $1,000's of dollars to get it fixed. I can't even find one cheap enough were I could do it myself. Also the back brakes are constantly grinding.

 

i have a 2000 accent and it has giving me nothing but trouble and i need some help i have had 3 major things go wrong with it in a year and i have no warrenty left first the ignitionbroke then the catalastic converter went up and now it wont start sometimes it will start then i get in and go but when i get to the destination i have to let it set for no less then 2 hours befor it will start again can someone help [:@]

 

Why are you posting questions about Accents and Tibbies in the Sonata forum???

 

probably cos they saw the heading "question for hyundai tech" and got a little confused[sm=happybounce.gif]

 

My gf needs a lower ball joint replaced on her 97 sonata 4 cyl. Is this difficult to do? Is the ball joint pressed in or bolted on?

Thanks, Dan