Rear Wheel Bearing Removal + Install 240z 260z 280z Datsun 

Pay attention to what this man is using for bearings. Timken are the ONLY WAY to go! They are a true top quality Japanese bearing. Dont go cheap!

Thank you for taking the time to make the video. I would highly recommend safety glasses and ear plugs anytime you are pounding on things. Ask me how I know. Dry ice is readily available at the grocery store for freezing the shaft.

Wow you have come a long way, a long way from the start. Great to see you still at it GREAT!

Smart changing the bearings. I dont wait for parts to fail either. Good job👍To ad I had a hell of a time replacing my rear bearings on my 1972 Datsun 510!

Seriously thank you for this. The level of detail was so so helpful.

Fantastic instruction. I encourage anyone doing this to invest in a cheap press. Packing the bearings to 50-75% is probably a good idea. Grease needs somewhere to go and the balls generate friction pushing the grease around. The inner hub should have a coating but not packed full.

This is a lifesaver - so helpful and hard to find this level of detail. Appreciate it man

Lot of folks put that outer bearing on the stub axle (same as you) then end up beating into place. IMHO this is incorrect as the pounding into place will stress the balls. On mine I press in the bearings (both inner and outer) into the housing using the outer races, then heat up the entire assembly and freeze the stub axle, this lets it just drop into place with minimal stress to the balls. there is no mention in the FSM on the correct procedure, and I suppose the fit is light enough that it does not matter. Its just the way I learned how to install bearings.

That pos bearing on the stub axle is the worst. I eventually gave up trying to make it come off using what I had, bought a humongous bearing puller and pressed it off. Thanks for demonstrating how you did it :)

You can cut the bearing off or cut a slot then hit it with a chisel to split the race. Get an air hammer Stewy, very useful.

i made the same mistake with hammering the bolt and messing up the threads, I found that if you just regrove the threads with a file it works perfect

Great video dude. Really appreciate the insight on how to properly get the job done

Nice vid, very informative. Left me hoping my bearings are ok! Now I know what to do if they aren’t. Thanks

Metal to metal to re install the bearing is the correct way. Don't use the wood. Make sure the metal pipe is squarely to the inner race.

Ya there is no need to cut the nut impact will take it off with min damage

After fighting the stub axle for hours I finally pulled out the Mini Ductor and it came out with one pull of the slide hammer 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Also the torque spec is in between 180-240 the reason is for the preload set on the bearing the preload needs to be around 18-22 inch pounds simply guessing what it should be is not correct. bearing preload is very important. It’s basically like setting a differential pinion needs to be set correctly or else it will fail prematurely

Do you know if the little copper looking washers are required? Looks like there were some on mine in between the inner bearing and seal.

I have to do this on my '82 Datsun 280zx 5 speed slicktop coupe. As my driver's side rear wheel bearing literally grenaded and ground up causing all kinds of smoke. I barely got my Z home as it looked like it was on fire. lol Anyway I didn't think of getting another rear wheel nut. Do you think I can reuse the old one? Great video and quite in depth!

Well done!

Can you post the link of your flange adapters?

Thanks for the vid! Question… did you happen to have a copper washer? Mine comes with it and sorta forgot where it went. Thank you !

no need for cutting disc , just did mine and just hit it with the impact.

Nice info! I'll be doing this when I rebuild mine. I'm doing the z31 turbo axle swap on mine too. What LSD did you go for? Please make a video on the LSD install! Would be a huge help. I went for the z31 3.9 diff. Great work as always 👍👍

There just isnt any good method to install these without damaging the bearings😮. I wish these were rollerbearings, that way you would have some way to install them without transferring the forces through the balls. And also it would give you the chance to "service" them like changing grease and tightening as needed.

So you don’t need to grease the stub when hammering in the outer bearing? 14:35

200ft lbs.???