I just finished this job. On the face this is a very easy job: 5 Lugnut, 2 caliper bolts, 1 axle nut. But if like me you live in a place with a lot of roadsalt, these bolts can be a b!tch. The axle nut was very easy to take off, make sure you "bend" the little notch that keeps the nut from backing off. So the 4 bolts that hold the hub to the knuckle, on my took about 30mins each. The bolts themselves were in pretty good shape, there was a ton of rust that make them move very very slowly. After I got the bolts out, the old hub was also terrible. The rust really did adhered the hub to the knuckle, to the point that I just started beating the old hub with a hammer. Eventually I just started wedging a screwdriver between the hub and the dust cover. When there was a little space open I doused it in WD40 to help break the "seal" between the hub and knuckle. After the old hub was off the whole thing when back together like a dream.
One last note, while beating the old hub, i bent the dust cover a little and on the test drive it rubbed and made some noise, but it was easy to bend back into proper place.
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I replace my drivers side last weekend, only to find out that the passenger side was the bad one. i think the drivers side was going, as i noticed a decrease in sound overall.
i can only notice a difference/noise after i drive the car for over 10 minutes at speeds over 40. Also, the front end gets sloppy after the first 10 minutes. I am assuming the bearing gets sloppy when it reaches a certain temperature. i will post my findings when i change it out possibly this weekend. With power tools and a slide hammer it took me over 3 hours last time. I needed to use a chisel and a hammer to break the bearing free from the hub. There is a deceiving notch on the bearing which looks like a place to hit, but you need to hit right where the dust cover thing is placed. Dont worry if you bend the cover up a little, as long as it clears the rotor and everything when its time to re install. I will try to take a picture
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I replace my drivers side last weekend, only to find out that the passenger side was the bad one. i think the drivers side was going, as i noticed a decrease in sound overall.
i can only notice a difference/noise after i drive the car for over 10 minutes at speeds over 40. Also, the front end gets sloppy after the first 10 minutes. I am assuming the bearing gets sloppy when it reaches a certain temperature. i will post my findings when i change it out possibly this weekend. With power tools and a slide hammer it took me over 3 hours last time. I needed to use a chisel and a hammer to break the bearing free from the hub. There is a deceiving notch on the bearing which looks like a place to hit, but you need to hit right where the dust cover thing is placed. Dont worry if you bend the cover up a little, as long as it clears the rotor and everything when its time to re install. I will try to take a picture