Originally Posted by Zacharias

I had a thread of my own asking about this job, but I thought I would put some afterthoughts here.

In the end I did not do it myself. I took it to my wrench who works Saturdays and he did it with me watching and assisting (he had not done it before, his experience is more with BMW/VW - he observed this is similar to very old Jettas?). I was glad I did, this is not something I would have liked doing the first time in my driveway. Next time maybe.

In the DIY, he doesn't use a slide hammer to pull the hub. I highly recommend you do. We had a big one and it still gave a hell of a fight.

I was warned about the flange bolt being a bear to get off. You are going to want a hefty and long lever for that. The one we used was about 4.5 ft long and 3/4" thick.

You do need a brass drift and if my experience was any guide, you need to shop well ahead to find one in brass. Maybe it's a Canada thing, but they aren't exactly widely available.

Whunter described this as a difficult DIY. I agree. IF you are comfortable doing your front brakes along with removing and repacking the bearings, and have done that job, you can do this. If you haven't done that job, you are not going to be comfortable with some parts of this.

Hope that helps.

Leave lots of time. We did it in 2.5 hrs with a hoist. In the driveway I would have been 4-5 hours on it, maybe more.