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[buckers]

i have a very dull droning noise coming from the front end.
i'm 99% sure it's the wheel bearings. what i kneed to know is are the hubs easy to change and are there any specific torque settings when doing things back up?

 any help gratefully received

[JamesV6CDX]

There is a complete guide on here - easy enough job.

You need a big, big, big bar, though

[Dazzler]

Says the voice of experience

[feeutfo]

 before i found this forum i did  mine with a windy gun. It was man enough to undo so 'presumed' it would be man enough to do up, since read on here there is a torque setting, so not the best way. But as said there is a good guide in maintenance section.

[dbug]

Look here - http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1175890350

[Marks DTM Calib]

There is a complete guide on here - easy enough job.

You need a big, big, big bar, though

Nah, can shift them with a 2 foot bar.....its the correct torque value for re-fit that requires a big torque wrench.

[Ian_D]

There is a complete guide on here - easy enough job.

You need a big, big, big bar, though

Nah, can shift them with a 2 foot bar.....its the correct torque value for re-fit that requires a big torque wrench.

Getting mine off was easy (too easy actually - once I had loosened the nut (about 3/4 of a turn) I unscrewed it by hand  )

My bearing was shot though... was a little bit of play in it, so I cranked it up before the MOT... Passed MOT, but the extra strain killed it a week later! (bit of metal sticking out of bearing and all sorts!)

Only problem I had, was the tourqe setting at the end... My wrench doesn't go that high (220nm maybe? and I think it needs to be 300 and a bit ish?), so I guessed its value (Prob not recommended! :-?)