My mistake, the front bearing is pressed. I didn't do the fronts, I wasn't into car repair back then h: I have no idea how to press bearings in. Helms doesn't say how to, but it does make it clear that it's a seperate part.

 

thanks for the clear up 98coupe ... if the bearings are pressed they have to be taken to a machine shop with a press and special adapters to complete the job

 

Honda wheel bearings can last forever in ideal condtions. This means no hitting curbs, potholes, or anything that can stress the bearings including improper work indirectly related like changing the front rotors. Since the bearings are sealed at the factory and need no service, they can last for a long time.

 

well finally got the time to replace my front bearing .. cost ... $33.23 ( not OEM ) and $30.00 to have it pressed in .. did the work myself .... problem solved

 

From what I've gathered being on various Honda and Accord forums, wheel bearing failure is more common on the 98-02 generation. I've still got the original wheel bearings on my 96 Accord with 160k miles (100k of those miles driving in New Orleans and Detroit) Honda must have gone with a different supplier, like they did with a lot of other components for the 6th gen... and got substandard quality.

 

I had my car's front bearings replaced. I got both of them done at the same time.
that was in year 2000. It had cost me something like $15 to get them pressed at that time from a machine shop.

 

I think mine is gone too. I'm hearing a rotational HUMMMMM from the rear tires ... I just can't pinpoint which one is doing it.

The only bearing I've changed in the past was in a DSM. The noise was so loud, you couldn't hear anything else. The HUMMMM i'm getting is way more quiet ... still a bad bearing, right?

 

Check your tire pressure and wear before replacing the wheel bearing.

 

Take off the wheel & brake caliper, so you can spin the bearing all by itself. That's the way to be really sure.

 

They way to tell if it's the right or left wheel bearing is to drive the car through turns at moderate speed. The bad wheel bearing will load up and make noise when it is on the outside of a turn. Then, get quiet/er when it is on the inside of a turn. A wheel bearing has to be pretty bad to feel "gritty" when the vehicle is raised in the air.