There is a wheel bearing press kit from harbor freight.
http://m.harborfreight.com/fwd-front...ers-66829.html coupon 83638638 will give you 25 percent off.
It will allow you to press in the bearing without taking off the spindle/upright, thus no need for realignment of your car.
You'll also need a bearing separator to pull the hub out of the bearing.
http://m.harborfreight.com/large-bea...not%20provided. To do this, simple get the tapered part behind the hub between the hub and spindle, but don't close the separator too hard on it. Then just put your lug nuts in your hub and the separator will act as a backplate to push on. Just tighten each lug nut a bit at a time so you do not pull the hub out at an angle. You might have to flip the separator around so it faces towards the car, can't remember.
With the hub out, unbolt the top of the spindle, pull it down to remove the axle from the back. Then bolt the spindle back on the top. use the puller to PULL the bearing (believe it needs to go out the direction away from the car. There is a lip that you'll want to pull away from. This lip prevents the bearing from being pressed completely through the spindle. ) once it's out, use the puller to push the new one in. Youll want to put a little grease around the bearing to aid the push. This part of the job will wear you out so I hope you have a long breaker bar or a huge socket wrench. You'll have to use a plate that is just small enough to fit into the spindle without getting jammed but large enough to push on the outer race of the bearing. If you don't you'll end up pushing the insides of the bearing in and damaging the bearing. As long as you get close to the same size as outer race you'll be just fine.
To put your hub in, just put it as far as possible with your hand. Unbolt spindle to get your axle back in. Put spindle back but do not fully tighten. Put in axle nut and tighten until it is pressed in. But do not fully tighten. Put wheel back on and lower car to ground. Now with it on the ground, tighten axle nut to 90ft lbs plus 180 degrees(half turn). You'll need a breaker bar. Then tighten top of spindle. Reason for waiting is to preload the suspension.
Make sure you have a new axle nut to put in as these aren't reusable
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