As I recall... I did mine myself, and the only issue was finding a torque
wrench to put 350 ft lbs on the rear axle nut.

https://shufti.blog/2011/04/16/vanagon-rear-wheel-bearing-replacement/

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of B
Feddish
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 10:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Rear wheel bearings

After 250K miles it looks like the rear wheel bearings need replacment.
I've done the front successfully in the past but the rears look a bit more
complicated.  I've contacted a few shops and the time estimates (including
removing the inevitably rusty stripped bolts) are quite high for this job.
I was thinking of maybe tackling this myself. I've checked out a few videos
and some have the axle coming out and other have the wheel bearings, etc.
removed from the back and other vidoes showing the bearing housing  being
removed from the front after moving the backing plate.  So the question is,
which method is better and are either of them doable by an amateur (me) that
VW turned into a part time mechanic 40 years ago?

Thanks
Bryan