I always used to say it was like Ian said with wheel bearings bus with modern double row bearings in the last three I've done its been the other way round with the noise coming from the side that you put the pressure on. If its a complete hub assembly it makes it so much easier for you. all you have to do is loosen main hub nut, huge nut in the middle of wheel then jack up remove wheel and hub nut undo and split the relevant ball joints for steering and swivels then remove. refitting is a reversal of it all. Its nice and easy just needs a few specialist tools like ball joint splitters and a torque wrench for doing everything back up again.
Oh and knowing Kias prices for their spare parts for this Sedona then you may find that that price is just the bearing. get them to ring the supplier and actually find out for you.
If it is then once you've got the hub off then pressed the bearing out it'll have a number on it. if you find your local bearing supplier in the phone book they'll normally be able to sort it a bearing for half the price of the parts suppliers.
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