| During my alignment, the tech shook my rear wheels to show me the bearings were bad. After changing them out along with new hubs, and new rear lower arms, the ride is pretty smooth. There was so much play, it felt like I was driving through an off-road safari trail but it's all good now.
Rear caliper, rotor, wheel hub, lower arm and bearing out
I used a slide hammer with a wheel hub adapter to knock the hub out.
The hub came out with a piece of the bearing stuck to it. iceman601 helped me crack it off but that revealed plenty of wear on the hub so I ordered replacements immediately.
You can see the damage here. They're pretty worn out!
New hub shown here. I noticed that the old hub in the back had a lip that matched the bearing. The new
hub lip doesn't go out so far but it looks to work the same.
You can see the huge step where they meet here.
Almost ready to go! Shiny! I better cover them up with the rear rotor to keep them clean ;)
I knew the day would come when I would have to do this job and I kind of dreaded it from hearing about it and seeing a few posts. After completing the job, I thought to myself, "That was it?!". There's less than half the bolts of a plenum pull here. I spent 1-1.5 hours tops on each side and didn't remove the rear knuckles just like others have posted about before.
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Replaced my rear bearings and wheel hubs! - 
