Thank you for the suggestion but I did not have any issues putting the snap ring back in.

I will do that. Thank you Jolt!

I was on a road trip and got talked into using a shop that was dirt cheap. There are a variety of tools and methods to press out and in these types of bearing but they all rely on pulling the old bearing apart and in doing so one of the races remains on the spindle. There are tools to get it off but...

I wrote spline when I should have written spindle.

I had a front wheel bearing on an 09 1.8L Vibe replaced a couple years ago by a shop and while the road noise from the bearing was reduced quite a bit I noticed almost immediately there was still a little noise. Long story but the shop wasn't near where I lived so I never went back to complain. Unfo...