Are there any detailed write-ups on installing front and rear wheel bearings? I have been putting this off for awhile because frankly i am a little intimidated for some reason.

First, you may consider purchasing a shop manual on your Z. If you plan to exicute the entire job yourself, you will be buying some tools. If you've never done this before, employ the services of a friend who has...or just take it to someone who is in the business of doing so.

Yeah, a FSM or Haynes manual are definately in order. Before starting on a job like this, you should have an understanding of what you are doing. You will need some special tools (can be rented from auto parts store), and some time. It may end up being more cost effective to have someone else do it if you need your car back soon.

i'm not in a hurry to have it done, i just want to make sure its done right. can anyone recommend a shop in or around san jose?

Any competent auto shop can do wheel bearings. If you would like to do some of your own work and save a ton of money then a "FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL" is going to be your best friend. It will pay for itself the first time you use it.

You might try the following website if you want to read several "How To's" so you can see what all is involved with doing this task. That way you can decide as to if you want to do it, or have someone else do it.

url: http://www.atlanticz.ca

Located in the "Tech" section. There's one "How To" for the front and one for the rear, as well as various other systems. They can be rather large due to all the pictures, so you may want to save it to your hard drive or other storage device of choice.

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The front's are not that hard to do . Be sure to use wheel packing grease for a car with disk brakes. The rears are a different breed of cat . I have almost completely dissambeled my whole 240 and put her back together and I won't tackle the rear bearings. Like was offered on a eairlier post '' buy a manual '' . It's the best advice I can also offer . Gary

ya...i was gonna give the fronts a go, the only problem seemed to be pressing out the old bearings. i think i'll definitely take the rears somewhere to have them done. Thanks!

Regarding the front bearings, after you wash the old grease out of the hubs you'll see two places ground out of the internal edges of the hub and you'll see the bearing races in those openings. Use a (BRASS) drift punch and hammer to pound out the reaces. Whack one side, then the other, then back to the first side. When installing new races, be sure you drive them in fully (using a BRASS drift)

**DO NOT use a steel punch, use only BRASS, it is softer than the hardened steel races and won't damage the bearing/race parts.

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You can disassemble it, and take it to a machine shop to have them remove the old ones and install the new ones. It shouldn't cost much, but may require leaving overnight. That will save labor money of a shop doing the whole thing. If you get a Manual and take your time, you can learn something and save some money.

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