I'm at 105k and I have this horrible sound, like brakes rubbing or metal squeaking/rubbing coming from my Left rear at low speeds. For a while I had no clue what it was, after searching s2ki i found out its quite common since honda had inadequate torque on the rear axle/spindle nut. I rented a 36mm socket and greased and re-torqued the axle nuts to 300ft pounds at work(tire shop) hoping that would solve my problem, well it worked for about half a day then the noise came back with a vengeance. So i am going to need a new bearing, i thought it would be a relatively cheap fix since the bearings are around 35 bucks... but then i read that if the noise is bad and or you have alot of miles on the bad bearing, that you will need to replace the hub as well.

Not sure weather to go with expensive oem parts or half the price on ebay...

My question is does anyone have any experience with after market hubs and bearings? I found some very good prices on ebay.
I know i'll probably be flamed with tons of "you get what you pay for" posts. but im trying to get some input to potentially save me hundreds. heres the hubs and bearings i found

http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-07-08-09-...6e9e5c&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-930-465-...df9b08&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-S2000-...7c060f&vxp=mtr


http://robrobinette.com/S2000Bearing.htm

 

Why get an aftermarket part when the OEM part sells online for less? I don't see the point. On the bearings, there are several bearing manufacture that offer a compatible bearing. many have used them with success. Personally I would like to know where the critical parts on my car are manufactured and who they were manufactured by.

 

you might be able to get away without replacing the hub just the bearing...when you remove the complete spindle check in the inside part of the spindle and check if the hub has play where the bearing sits...if it does youll need a new hub...if it does not you might be lucky...the next step would be pressing the bearing out...when its pressed out and hub is removed you would have to check the shaft of the hub..if its worn youll need a new hub...so basically you need to remove the hub to determine if youre gonna need a new hub or just the bearing...as far as brands i would go with either timken, national, ntn, or oem...i would say do it yourself and save the extra cash...its not difficult...the only thing is you will need to press in the bearing at a machine shop.. if you were local i would press it at my work for free...

 

Since you work at a tire shop you should have the basic skills to do the install yourself, you just need someone to press the bearing in for you and a joint popper