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S13Dreamer · 03-02-2007, 12:39 PM

I just picked up a Curcuit Sport 5lug for my s13 hatch. The hubs were a good deal so I picked them up. My issue now is that I have to take out the old rear wheel bearings and press them into the new spindles. I was told by some that you can't reuse the wheel bearings like that. What do you guys think? And how hard is it to swap wheel bearings?

ProjNightshade · 03-02-2007, 12:47 PM

when i swapped my s14 from 4- to 5-lug i bought new oem hubs and bearings from superior. I had the rear hubs pressed in to the bearings for a small fee at a local machine shop. so having them pressed in isn't that bad.

think about it, your car has at least 80-90k miles on it, and probably alot more. depending on how it was driven, thats a lot of use on those bearings. i'd say better be safe than sorry and get new bearings.

kensreliableb18b · 03-02-2007, 12:49 PM

ehh...you first have to press out the bearing and then get a bearing splitter to get the 2nd piece off. you can use the old bearing on the cs unit, but i wouldnt really recommend it. i personally just bought new bearings

***S14DB*** · 03-02-2007, 01:34 PM

New Bearings.

longdy · 03-02-2007, 01:44 PM

^^^^^ what he said lol... i recommend new bearings !!!!

240trainee · 03-02-2007, 02:27 PM

Yep, new bearings, no way around it really, I need to do mine still, I have the new ones sitting in the living room.

S13Dreamer · 03-02-2007, 02:29 PM

oh ok. Thanks guys. I guess new bearings it is. The front spindles and what not don't require me to swap any sort of hubs. It's just the rears. I hear the fronts are cake. Just a little worried about the rears.

Pank · 03-02-2007, 10:10 PM

i'm pretty sure you will have to swap out hubs, b/c thats what you're replacing.

or maybe i'm wrong.
shit, i hate cars

03-02-2007, 12:39 PM	#1
S13Dreamer Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Holmdel, NJ Posts: 140 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Circuit Sport 5Lug I just picked up a Curcuit Sport 5lug for my s13 hatch. The hubs were a good deal so I picked them up. My issue now is that I have to take out the old rear wheel bearings and press them into the new spindles. I was told by some that you can't reuse the wheel bearings like that. What do you guys think? And how hard is it to swap wheel bearings? __________________

03-02-2007, 01:34 PM	#4
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	New Bearings. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

03-02-2007, 01:44 PM	#5
longdy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Beach Posts: 747 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	^^^^^ what he said lol... i recommend new bearings !!!! __________________ Summer project: Rx-7 Vert

03-02-2007, 02:27 PM	#6
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 38 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yep, new bearings, no way around it really, I need to do mine still, I have the new ones sitting in the living room. __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift

03-02-2007, 02:29 PM	#7
S13Dreamer Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Holmdel, NJ Posts: 140 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	oh ok. Thanks guys. I guess new bearings it is. The front spindles and what not don't require me to swap any sort of hubs. It's just the rears. I hear the fronts are cake. Just a little worried about the rears. __________________

03-02-2007, 12:47 PM	#2
ProjNightshade Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Age: 40 Posts: 187 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	when i swapped my s14 from 4- to 5-lug i bought new oem hubs and bearings from superior. I had the rear hubs pressed in to the bearings for a small fee at a local machine shop. so having them pressed in isn't that bad. think about it, your car has at least 80-90k miles on it, and probably alot more. depending on how it was driven, thats a lot of use on those bearings. i'd say better be safe than sorry and get new bearings.

03-02-2007, 12:49 PM	#3
kensreliableb18b Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: so cal - 626, 909, 562 and 949. 818 if i feel like running away Posts: 945 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	ehh...you first have to press out the bearing and then get a bearing splitter to get the 2nd piece off. you can use the old bearing on the cs unit, but i wouldnt really recommend it. i personally just bought new bearings

03-02-2007, 10:10 PM	#8
Pank Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 42 Posts: 3,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i'm pretty sure you will have to swap out hubs, b/c thats what you're replacing. or maybe i'm wrong. shit, i hate cars __________________ high performance driveway photography zenki s14---v8 fc rx7 my crappy flickr page (drift cars whoo)