I recently did the front wheel bearings on my Volvo...
1. The trick of holding the spring while you spin the wheel is a good one. It was hard for me to tell which side was bad, but this made it clear.
2. I borrowed a special tool from one of the members of swedespeed.com and that made the whole job very easy.
There are special tools available from autozone as loaners, but I don't know if they would work for your Honda.
I ended up doing both sides since I had the tool and it was heavy enough that shipping wasn't cheap.
1. The trick of holding the spring while you spin the wheel is a good one. It was hard for me to tell which side was bad, but this made it clear.
2. I borrowed a special tool from one of the members of swedespeed.com and that made the whole job very easy.
There are special tools available from autozone as loaners, but I don't know if they would work for your Honda.
I ended up doing both sides since I had the tool and it was heavy enough that shipping wasn't cheap.