Changing the front wheel bearings on a Renault Twingo 2

First remove the universal joint nut using a 30mm socket.

Remove the wheel: Securing the vehicle

Using a 16mm combination wrench and a T30 torx bit, remove the nut then uncouple the connecting rod.

Using a socket and an 18mm combination wrench, remove the 2 nuts and the screw on the inside, then uncouple the ball joint from the wishbone.

If you have difficulty disconnecting the ball joint, you can use a crowbar or a crowbar to pry the arm off while pushing against the stabilizer bar.

Using an 18mm socket, remove the 2 screws.

Place the caliper on the triangle.

The caliper must not rest on its hose!

Using a T30 torx bit, remove the ABS sensor.

Using a socket and an 18mm combination wrench, remove the 2 bolts.

You can use a pin punch to remove the screws.

Using a T40 torx bit, remove the 2 screws then the disc.

Using a 10mm wrench, remove the 2 screws then the sheet metal.

I used a disc set for bearing extraction.

Place the rocket in a vise.

Place a Ø37mm disc at the rear of the rocket.

Tap the disc with a tube and hammer to remove the hub.

Remove the circlip using suitable pliers.

Use a press to remove the roulement.

Spread the shims far enough apart so as not to block the roulement.

The support surface is very small.

I used a bearing separator to try to get the inner race out.

Poor result on the hub.

So I didn't insist and used the grinder.

Be careful not to damage the tree.

Bearing separator damage.

Old room

Pièce neuve

With the roulement new ones come with a circlip, a nut and an ABS sensor fixing ring. I did not use the latter.

This roulement is equipped with a magnetic impulse ring. It is imperative that the impulse ring is opposite the ABS sensor when mounting the bearing.

Insert the roulement nine in the rocket.

To do this, I placed the roulement on the wedges, then the rocket then a square piece of steel on which I lean to press.

Once the rocket is in contact with the shims, I release the pressure, place a disk - whose diameter is 1mm smaller than the diameter of the roulement - between the wedges and the roulement, then I press again so that the roulement reaches the limit.

Finally, place the new circlip.

First of all, you must place a Ø65mm disc on the inside of the spindle to prevent the hub from driving the inner ring out of the roulement.

Place the hub under the spindle and press.

The rest of the reassembly is carried out in reverse order.