197 Swivel Hub Assembly

[shumoboi]

Afternoon all, just replaced the N/S/F Upper ball joint And bearing flange carrier also known as a Swivel Hub assembly on a friends 197 this morning, the whole job took about 2hrs start to finish, never changed one before and it was no stress. No special tools required so who ever is familiar with a spanner and ratchet with abit of knowledge thrown in will save themselves a hefty bill should Theres require replacement.

Pics to follow,

Owen.

 

[shumoboi]

anyone know how to upload pics from a mac?

cheers guys.

 

[shumoboi]

file://localhost/Users/ahhrite/Pictures/photo.JPG
​file://localhost/Users/ahhrite/Pictures/photo.JPG

 

[Matt Cup]

Use photobucket mate

 

[shumoboi]

Top man, thanks mate

 

[shumoboi]

http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/owenboy87/media/photo_zps7f98b153.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/owenboy87/media/photo_zps50b3f612.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

 

[Bobby.]

Copy and paste the imi number from photobucket, or Flickr.

 

[Matt e]

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Same set up as the 225/r26.

 

[Sean6545]

Similar but not the same

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Similar but not the same

What's the difference?

 

[Ianboom]

Changed the near and off side bottom swivels on the wife's car (right hand casting in the pic) took me lots longer, 2 hours is good going!

 

[Dan@SJM]

I'm renewing the lower bearings on a megane at some point next week.

 

[shumoboi]

To be honest I was expecting it to take a lot longer. The casting on the right in the pic which mounts the lower bearing wasn't required as the issue was the upper ball joint which had shocking amounts of play, I just changed both for good practice. Tbh I couldn't believe how easy everything came apart, and the weight of the brake caliper, so light!

 

[shumoboi]

What's the difference between the 197 set up and a Megane? I thought they were the same.