Freelander 2: Did anyone changed rear wheel bearing in situ?

Hello All!
I am new to the forum, but I have been using it for tips and how to guides to do some general maintenance. I own a Freelander 2 (2011) and I live near Bristol (Weston-super-Mare). I am writing today to ask if anyone ever attempted to change the rear wheel bearing with a puller in situ. I have an MOT coming up and the rear wheel has been noisy for some time (~1000 miles now ... I know).


I have seen these on the Internet:


Anyone used this? Have you used something similar?


I would like to avoid taking the wheel knuckle off and buy a 10 tonne bearing press I am going to use 4 times in my life.







Many thanks in advance!

Trying my best to remember the process of taking the bearing out and for the life of me I can't remember but I can tell you it was a lot easier using a press, and you'll also need a torque wrench that goes up to 330 nm, hardest part was getting the driveshaft out of the knuckle. But I am sure the more experienced on here will tell you if it is possible, and having a press in the workshop looks real cool There is a repair manual to down load on here some where to show the process.

dankiter said:

Hello All!
I am new to the forum, but I have been using it for tips and how to guides to do some general maintenance. I own a Freelander 2 (2011) and I live near Bristol (Weston-super-Mare). I am writing today to ask if anyone ever attempted to change the rear wheel bearing with a puller in situ. I have an MOT coming up and the rear wheel has been noisy for some time (~1000 miles now ... I know).


I have seen these on the Internet:

https://amzn.eu/d/15mpRDv

Anyone used this? Have you used something similar?


I would like to avoid taking the wheel knuckle off and buy a 10 tonne bearing press I am going to use 4 times in my life.







Many thanks in advance!

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You can't remove the wheel bearings while the hub is in situ, it's basically impossible as there's a drive shaft in the way, so you'd have to do an amount of disassembly anyway. I doubt that tool will be able to pull a rusty bearing anyway.
Last time I pressed a bearing out of a Freelander 2 hub, it took almost 20 tons of pressure. So if you want to avoid buying a press, you'll have to take the hub assembly to a suitably equipped and willing garage to do the pressing. Otherwise buy a second hand hub off ebay, and swap it over.

If you decide to buy the equipment, I'd avoid vehicle specific tools, as they're difficult to sell on later. However a press will sell better if you decide to sell it on later.