brinkybrink

Great help! I had a noisy bearing on a 2004 rx330 AWD and after several attempts to locate the culprit, using my iphone strapped to the coil spring around the struts to record the sound at 45 - 65 mph was no help due to the wind noise upon playback. I got in the rear and opened the cover exposing the jack and jumped in while my wife drove. Less than a mile the right rear started talking to me like a baby with a dirty diaper, Change me! I replaced the right reat hub assm. an used a two claw puller, a three would have been easier but its what i had. I tightened it down against the spindle and had to hold it to keep it from popping off and hit it with and 18 oz framing hammer and it popped right off. I went with a Moog bearing and it is manufactured by NSK. The biggest problem I had was to bend the tab up on the axle nut. I broke the tip of a screwdriver first then I used a nail set to finish the job off. I'm going to harbor freight to look at their punch sets before replacing the left rear. Like everyone else I'm confident I can replace the second one in an hour or less and my local shop wanted $491 vs $143 which included the price of a 30mm 12pt socket. I'm thinking about doing rear bearings for $250 each parts and labor but I'm afraid the IRS would come knocking wanting a cut, because there would be a line of RX's a mile long, lol. Thanks again for everyone contributing.

use a ph3600, its a longer filter and can be accessed from the top of the engine, saves time taking off the lower panels.