Hi Everybody!
My 106 has just failed mot and says I need to change offside rear bearing, my questions are:
1. Is offside nearside done from the curb or the driving position? i.e. as mine is RHD will off side be drivers side or passenger side.

2. Has anyone changed a bearing on a rear 106 (drums) hub before? If so please give me some advice as I don't know what I'm doing I'm just gonna wing it.

3. I've heard that it can be quite difficult to get bearings in - I have a 12 tone pipe bender that can be used as a press, should I put any grease around the bearing?

Nearside is side near kerb. For RHD that's the left side, for LHD it's the right side.

You will be able to tell if you've got the correct side when you jack it up and test the bearing. Check both as it's not unknown for garages to write the wrong side down and people replace the wrong component!

If you have a LHD car in an RHD country then it gets confusing!

[Edited on 6/3/09 by matt_claydon]

Cheers Matt, so offside for me is behind driver! Nice one, now I can get started and run into problems HAHA!

See my edit above. Check the bearings on both sides anyway as sometimes the garage may get iconfused too!

if your still not sure jack up the wheel and spin it, the bad bearing will be the noisy one. To get the bearing outer shell out the disk or drum hammer it out from behind, don't simply replace the rollers as it will still fail and will wear out very quickly

Okey doke, to check them I jack it and put hands at 3 and 9 then shake, then same for 6 and 12 and then check it spins smoothly?

I bought a kit yesterday which has a complete unit, circlip and some random looking bits of rubber. Cheers for the help.

side is referred to when in driving position - so offside is driver's RH, assuming UK driving on LH side (again rom driver's position).

no idea about fitting your bearing - it may help to heat up the hub or whatever the bearing fits into and slip the bearing itself into a deep freezer - hopefully the contraction/expansion in metal will mean it slips in easier. HAve a tril fitting at normal temp berfore hand as if you get it skew and it gets stuck, when parts get to same temp it may grip so you will not get it to go in or out. unlikley - a big hammer will sort it out but smack the outer race.

honestly a bad bearing roars so loud you can't mistake it , but if it spins quietly yet has free play then the hub nut just needs tightened more and the bearing is fine.

Do make sure you pack it with enough grease once changed, a handfull is the correct amount, I use black moly grease as that lasts longer and doesn't dry out the same.

To adjust the free play in the hub nut, tighten it till the bearing starts to drag and slow the wheel down, then back it off 1/4 of a turn

[Edited on 6/3/09 by Mr Whippy]

Can't remember if they're taper rollers or not? If they are, DO NOT overtighten them 'cos you'll kn****r them

BTW, where in Wilts are U? If not too far I may be able to have a look for U.

JB

what year is it?

later ones appear to be one piece

linky

Its a 98 so it is a mk2, the link you put up is what I've got (minus the hub nut- which is a pain because in trying to get the tight as ducks a*se hub cap off I've knocked into the nut) AAGGHHH - I hate peugeots!