I thought new was not much more??
Do you have to send the core back to them??

 

Following up here...

Machine shop who pressed the old hubs and bearings out said the replacement hubs I bought were the wrong size (dammit!). He said they shoulder was too wide and wouldn't press in.


He was able to use the new bearings that came with the kit and press in the old hubs along with some new lugs.



This worked fine for the drivers side. I was able to install that side today, no problem.

Moved to the passenger side, the one I had to use the puller on... the axle spindle won't go into the old hub... its too borked (dammit!).

Going to have to purchase a new passenger side axle and the correct hub... so the question.. Which freaking hub is the correct one to get for a 1982 Honda Accord LX?

CarID.com told me it was this one, newp.

 

Not sure if any cares, but I got the correct hub AND a new passenger side axle all installed.

This job:
- Replaced both wheel bearings
- Replaced passenger side hub
- Replaced passenger side axle
- New front brake pads
- Bled brakes

The correct hub was this one:


The splines on the new axle were longer, but it the hub just fine:


More flicks:




Lessons learned:

• Get the right hub!
• Make sure your lug nuts are deep enough for lugs!
• Don't give up when trying to insert your new axle. Once you get past the initial "click" of the spring clip, and the axle feels "bottomed out", try a rubber mallet to drive it home.
• The rear brake bleeders are a PITA to get to! AND are some non-standard size of socket! (not 10mm, not 9mm, not 8mm)
  

 

The part numbers were the same 518504.
Assuming the correct part was in the correct box, it should have worked.
Or just bad manufacturing.

Anyway, thanks for the update.
Glad you were able to get it fixed right.

 

Interesting, I didn't notice that before. Wonder if the "NT" in front of the correct one means anything. I wish I would have taken a picture of the two side-by-side. The CV-facing shoulder was a good 1/16th - 1/8th inch higher.