Victor wrote: >Any (preferably '91) CRX owners out there with the shop manuals: >are all 4 wheels have right hand thread on wheel bearing nuts? > >Are the bearings serviceable at all or I shouldn't bother even >if unscrew those nuts?
It isn't '91 CRX, but the same components were used on my '88 Civic. All four wheel bearings are sealed units. The fronts have to be pressed into the spindle, the rears are usually sold as assemblies with the hub as one unit. The torque spec on the center nut is 134 foot pounds, both front and rear. Conventional right hand thread nuts on all four wheels. To remove the nut I use a 1/2" breaker bar with a 4 foot pipe slipped over it as an extension. (This does require a quality breaker bar) I was under the impression you had taken the front axles out during your conversion process. If you have not, then unless you have an obvious axle or bearing problem (noise or visible movement) then I would not disturb them. Pretty much the same story on the rear. My car had 117K before conversion and one of the rear bearings sounded a bit iffy so I changed both. Up front both spindles had been exposed to the weather without the axles in, so rather than risk it I had new bearings pressed in. While I had the spindles in the machine shop I also had new lower ball joints pressed in as well. You really should consider getting the Helm manual for your CRX. It is an awesome factory service manual with everything you could want to know. I bought mine online at: http://www.helminc.com It was about $60 but well worth it. Thanks, Mike Chancey, '88 Civic EV Kansas City, Missouri EV List Photo Album at: http://evalbum.com My Electric Car at: http://www.geocities.com/electric_honda Mid-America EAA chapter at: http://maeaa.org Join the EV List at: http://www.madkatz.com/ev/evlist.html
