I just sent some hubs out to FAT to get drilled and studs. I've already got rear 5 lug rotors.
Other than wheel bearings what do I need?
Can someone recomend a brand/vendor for the bearings?
Is it a major PITA to replace these?

thanks in advance.

If you have all of the tools and are doing it in the car its not too bad. You should replace the CV gasket closest to the Trany and repack the joints. When I did mine I was told to put the Bearing in the freezer for a while before I attempt to press it into the trailing arm and heat the arm with a shop light.

Jeff

"I" would consider having one or two extra front rotors drilled so that if ya screw one up, you don't have any down time.

really? I thought the fronts were easy?

He must have a few extras for sale!!

Jeff

If they were easy, would you have sent them out to be done?

He is doing the REAR!

Jeff

well, I'm doing fronts & rears. I didn't expect any trouble with replacing the front rotors.
The rears I know are a pain in the ass.

Why would the rears be a pain? You just buy 914/6 rotors....they can be used with the stock calipers....they may need a little material taken out .....but that's a one time thing....

aren't the hubs a pain, that's all I'm askin?

Compaired to the front, the rears are a pain! You have to pound out the hubs and the bearings and replace them without messing anything up!

Other than that it is nothing!

Jeff

Hubs...that different....thought we was talking rotors....ain't no hubs up front....

The hub/bearing R&R is easy. Putting the lines into the M/C when installed is a PITA. That said, get some allthread, nuts, washers and some steel bits and make a puller to install the bearings and hubs. To pull the bearing, make a fixture that only contacts the OUTER race of the new bearing and pull it in. For the hub, make a fixture that only touches the inner race and pull. No need for heat or cold. Spray a little WD-40 or Anti-Sieze on the bearing seat and hub. Otto's had real German bearings last time I did this.

I'm going to buy a Harbor Freight shop press (it's on sale for $169.99) and stop at the steel supply and make the necessary fittings I need to R&R rear hub bearings. And suspension bushings, and...

FWIW, there's a lot of good posts by Brad on the Pelican board about doing the rear hubs and the 5 lug conversion.