This weekend I am likely going to be doing the front passenger wheel bearing on my S40 T5. As someone who can't stand letting other people work on my car, I thought I'd just buy the tools to do this myself.
After initially thinking I'd need a hydraulic press, I did a bit more research and found that the easiest way to do these is with a 'GEN2' Ford/Mazda/Volvo
78mm wheel bearing tool.
On these cars, the hub and the wheel bearing come as one unit that must be pressed into the steering knuckle. The steering knuckle can bend if you use a hydraulic press, so you are supposed to use this type of tool. The tool both extracts the old hub/bearing and also installs the new hub/bearing.
I've purchased the below tool on ebay for £72.00. Worth noting that the bigger P3 Volvo's of this era (XC60, S80,V70 etc) and larger Fords of the EUCD platform need the larger
82mm tool.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wheel-Hub...4AAOSwVL1V~C9S
I have paired this with an SKF front wheel bearing/hub for around £60
This tool seems to make front wheel bearings incredibly straight forward and can be done without needing to remove the knuckle from the car.
I'll post updates on how this goes on my own attempt.