DanR

I looked on paragon and can only find an outer race for the rear wheel bearing for late cars. They do a kit for early 944's.

Anyone know of a source? Car is an 88 TS

931guru

Rear wheel bearings are one piece sealed bearings for the cars with aluminum trailing arms.

Techno Duck

As mentioned, sealed ball bearing..

999.053.020.01

Van

Yup. The last set I got were from Suncoast - and I think around $80 each.

If you can get your hands on a SIR tool, you can easily do it yourself.

Chris White

easy...but not fun!!!

DanR

do you have one? save me buying one

Lemming

If you have a bearing puller kit such as this one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=66829 it is fairly easy. One of the biggest issues is getting the axle nut off. I broke two 1/2 drives on my first attempt, then a friend gave me his "big ***" torque wrench (3 ft long, 3/4 inch drive) and it come off with no problem (specs on the nut are 350 ft lbs IIRC). Make sure that you freeze the bearing and heat the trailing arm before installing.

Techno Duck

Yea that axle nut is a pain. Also a pain to get the actual hub off, had to give liberal application of the slide hammer. Check out Arnnworx also, he makes a tool specially for this and it worked great when i did the bearings on my friends car.

Van

I borrowed the SIR tool from a GT3 cup racer I know (along with his HUGE torque wrench).

Tim's right on the heating trick - that works very well. Don't forget to replace the axle nuts - I think they're $8 or so.

Lemming

$6.96 at Paragon. I know because I've done this job three times in the past few months. First for a broken hub and then two destroyed bearings. Hopefully adding the solid bushings to the rear of the car will keep me from having to do this job again in the near future

Grandpa#3

X10 On the Arnnworx Bearing Tool. It is well worth the money to have it on hand. I have used it on four bearings so far and sure makes the job easier. I kept the bearings in the deep freezer a few days and did not need to use heat. I also bought his cam belt change out tool set up. Makes the job a lot easier with the right tools on hand. I hate paying someone else while I can still do the work myself. A little up front money reaps huge returns working on the Porsche. Keep on wrenching. I forgot to add: On the axle nut, use a floor jack under the breaker bar and just jack it up to brake the axle nut loose. It saves the ole back and works like a champ.

Cheers,
Larry

eniac

I changed mine a month or two ago. I had a broken pilot bearing puller which I modified for this purpose and it worked fairly well.

The rear axle nut wasn't too bad to remove.....just took 350hp or so and a 3 foot breaker bar to break it loose(use this method at your own risk). I then heated the trailer arm which helped the bearing come out. For the new bearing I stuck it in the freezer for 3 hours prior to installing. With the bearing frozen and the trailer arm heated, it slid right in.