The hubs must be pressed from the wheel bearing/housing to reuse them. The only way to get new rear hubs is to buy OEM wheel bearings. Aftermarket rear wheel bearings do not include the hub, so it must be reused if using aftermarket bearings.

 

what do u mean? how do u swap the wheel bearings then?

 

I reuse those flanges, replace the bearings

 

You don't, Mitsubishi calls for a replacement of the entire wheel hub assembly if there is a problem with the bearings. Mitsubishi does not supply parts or instructions for reconditioning the hub assembly.

 

I wasn't aware there was a technique for doing that. I'm sure that will be a more popular option as the supply dries up.

 

these are very common parts. Dodge Stealth, 3000GT and the Talons etal use the same part

 

yea this is what i am doing, "while i'm in there"

swapping in wheel bearings (i bought new rear wheel bearings, which only includes the bearing itself not the hub, as mentioned above). so with the aftermarket bearing, i will press out the old, press in the new, hope it all goes smoothly, bolts to ebrake and spindle and whatever the same as how it came out.

 

I can't remember the last parts order I had with mitsu that didn't have some part that was No longer available. It's made me a little pessimistic when it comes to parts availability.

 

the fan controller also a common part as it turns out

 

Doesnt need to be pressed out, the fit isnt press its transitional. So it can be removed in the car. And its difficult to remove the whole assembly because the ebrake cable is keeping it in place. The full ebrake assembly just comes off as a unit once the bearing is popped out.

Its serviceable, but you need a press. The guy that made the video above I think does actually rebuild a bearing.

 

Yep that one, and a couple of months ago it was the rear motor mount, and before that it was an OEM clamp for the maf and so on. So far I haven't run into something I couldn't come up with a solution for...but it's not very confidence inspiring.

 

IIRC my bearing separator gets damaged every time (the bolts bend & needs replacing), and/or the bearing leaves the race (very common) so you'll need a dremel and a cold chisel

 

So far I think the 5spd is the hardest to find. the ACD TC and rear diff has doubled its price in 3 years i believe

 

so basically disassemble the assembly and swap out the bearing while it's on the car, then pull the whole thing including ebrake off to swap the uprights and rebolt it together?

the dude in the video broke something (6 min) using a slide hammer to pull apart the assembly, looks like.


this is also what the shop that sold the rear bearings said:

If you take off the original bearings and take it to any shop they should be able to press them apart very easy. Any shop that can do a wheel bearing can do it.

so i'm confused - yes to press or no and it's removed while on car?

 

You do NOT need a press to remove the wheel bearing + hub assembly from the suspension upright.

You DO need a press to separate the hub from the wheel bearing.