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[Olympia5776]

Recently noticed a droning from the RNS of the estate recently but driving it today after it sitting for two weeks it is significantly worse at and around 55mph .
A couple of questions ,
Do the rear wheel bearings differ between saloon and estate ? There are two types on E Bay !
Is the Haynes manual accurate in it's description of work involved ?
And lastly has anyone had these done recently and if so what was the time/cost involved ?

Cheers

[alank46]

Hi
The rear bearings are different between saloon and estate.  I changed one on my estate recently.  It was a bugger getting the old bearing out, I ended up using two extractors in parallel to get enough force to eject the outer race from the suspension arm, and one of those extractors was a 10 ton hydraulic type which on its own was not sufficient.   Others have removed the arm and used a sledge to drift out the race.  Not all of them are that tight, but some are, so be prepared.  Fitting the new bearing was a doddle in comparison.
Alan

Recently noticed a droning from the RNS of the estate recently but driving it today after it sitting for two weeks it is significantly worse at and around 55mph .
A couple of questions ,
Do the rear wheel bearings differ between saloon and estate ? There are two types on E Bay !
Is the Haynes manual accurate in it's description of work involved ?
And lastly has anyone had these done recently and if so what was the time/cost involved ?

Cheers

[feeutfo]

probably one of the most dreaded jobs on the omega from what i gather. Suspect it may be easier to change the entire arm for one with a known good baring. See what others say...?

[rustym95]

would use a bearing puller make it easy to get off.

[Jukeboxnut]

I had exactly the same problem on my 2.2 estate, I feel confident enough to do most work on the car but this looked a horrible job.  An excellent local garage (A&D Autos) did it for £191 all in (3 hours labour) including a genuine Vauxhall bearing, money well spent IMHO.

[dbug]

would use a bearing puller make it easy to get off.

Probably won't be man enough for the job - hydraulic press better option!

[rustym95]

would use a bearing puller make it easy to get off.

Probably won't be man enough for the job - hydraulic press better option!

tuck me 10 min to take both off no need for hydraulic's

[feeutfo]

would use a bearing puller make it easy to get off.

Probably won't be man enough for the job - hydraulic press better option!

tuck me 10 min to take both off no need for hydraulic's

i see that spammer has hacked rustys account "again"! 

[dbug]

would use a bearing puller make it easy to get off.

Probably won't be man enough for the job - hydraulic press better option!

tuck me 10 min to take both off no need for hydraulic's

i see that spammer has hacked rustys account "again"! 

That man is a god - 10 mins for both - most others on here seem to have a battle royale on their hands with just one!!

[Selseybill]

I had exactly the same problem on my 2.2 estate, I feel confident enough to do most work on the car but this looked a horrible job.  An excellent local garage (A&D Autos) did it for £191 all in (3 hours labour) including a genuine Vauxhall bearing, money well spent IMHO.

Don't think you mentioned to A&D that you were a OOF member to get to get your 10% off at A&D.
If you don't tell Alex he wont know 

[Jimbob]

No puller in the world would have got mine out....welded themselves in.

Had to remove the arm and sledgehammer it out.

absolute nightmare.

If you are not confident you can get them out one way or another, pay a garage to do it, cos you could be left standed.

[amba]

I doubt the garage that did mine managed it in 10 mins either....they gave me a fixed price before they started(3 hours labour ) and when I collected car later that day ,guy said if he knew they were that much of a problem he would have quoted me atleast double...so lets hope I don,t need the other side done or will need to find another garage for that job....10 mins seems improbable though !!!

[Olympia5776]

I'm grateful for your replies . I would have normally done it myself as it isn't used every day ( or week even ) but after taking on board what's been said about difficulty in removing the old bearing  I guess I'll get it done by a small local independant I know who have a capable hydraulic press .
I'll post up how I get on.