Didn’t think those hub bolts were going to come out! Nice one👍

I really like your videos. I own a mkV so I can learn a lot from what you talk about. Good job and thank you.

@markbrock4427

3 жыл бұрын

Front are a bollocks to do 😂

Easiest way I have found is to use an angle grinder and just cut out a big section of the hub around the access hole. This lets you get the torx bit in much closer and less chance of wrecking the head

It was painful to see you putting those old bolts in, sad to see new ones weren't included.

Very good!And thanks for tightening wheel bolts by hands not by the airgun!

Thanks great video amigo!!!

I drove a new Mk 3 as part of a company fleet & it was quick with its 6 speed box It seemed miles ahead in design then the 90`s Vectra I had been driving.

Go on Alan good work mate

Need to loose that flashing at the start 😆good video mate

That bearing was wheely bad :)

Nice video and nice humour. Thank you.

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

cheers

Lovely little car 😍

Very informative and entertaining kind sir 👍👍

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

cheers

That Mondeo covers < 5000 miles a year but I personally don't understand why anybody would keep driving a car with brake related MOT advisories without getting them fixed for several years. Oh well, shows what I know.

Lovley video. Nice filming :-)

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

thank you

I laughed when you gave that wheel a wiggle. I can't believe the wheel didn't come off.

@cairocory9589

2 жыл бұрын

you all prolly dont care but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the password. I would love any tips you can offer me.

@nathanaelmarcel5455

2 жыл бұрын

@Cairo Cory Instablaster =)

Best video yet for entertainment..

How could anyone miss that!!!

After watching this video I've come to the realisation......... I need a new wire brush! 🤣

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

lol

very funny, simpatic. bravo!!

Maybe he needs to change his hearing aid battery

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

he is an american

Lovely brush. Well not for long.

My 51 plate hatchback got through about 4 rear wheel bearings in 3 years but my 03 estate is fine and I've had that for 3 years and done about the same amount of miles.

Done mine before this happened need to do my front one now

Bloody hell how did he not know. That's scary that guy was actually driving it around.

Done this on the other halfs front nearside today. No play, no noise just an annoying vibration at 60mph and a slight notchy feel that could only be felt with the disc off the hub. No idea how that happened. Warped from hitting a kerb hard maybe? Anyway No more vibrations!

Ciao Alan.. Mi serviva davvero questo video, devo cambiare i mozzi posteriori della mia FoFi , e pure i freni a tamburo. "Se puoi dai un video sui freni a tamburo." Ciao e buona giornata.😉😉 Hi Alan .. I really needed this video, I have to change the rear hubs of my FoFi, and also the drum brakes. "If you can give a video on drum brakes." Hello and have a good day

Got one to do on a mazda 6 and i reckon they are pretty much the same

Alan at what mileage would you change the cam belt on 2.0 litre 180 Bhp no no 5 mondeo ?

Hello from Australia 👍 Is the process similar for Focus ST225 rear bearings, looks easy to do at home

I would torque up the carrier bolts. I have had one fall out on a motorway! Recovered home as calliper had dug into mag wheel to stop forward travel. Could reverse though. Now I torque everything.

Your lucky. I've owned 3 mk3s over the past 15 years and done rear bearings on two of them at least twice and not once have I had the torx bolts come of as easy.

@chrismechanic2000

4 жыл бұрын

thats because some idiot has done them up to tight...

A little bit of heat when undoing those torx bolts perhaps. Regards Charles

I've done all mine over the years front and rear, only ever had an annoying hum coming from them, never had any play or grinding in any of them.I've never had new bolts with the rears bearing kits, always bought a set beforehand... should pull the sensor and studs out of the old one for spares.

Suprised it had any brake pads left or should I say wheel bearing support chocks... Must be pagid pads as they are as tough as the disc they press onto Nice to see the beer token skip getting higher

I have had mrk3 mondeo. Always wondered if those 4 torx bolts are strong enough for weight of wheel, disc, carrier. Calliper. Great videos by the way. Great.

@zoidberg444

4 жыл бұрын

It's not really the bolts that hold it per-se. They generate the clamping force between the two metal components and the coefficient of friction applied on those surfaces due to the clamping force holds it all together.

@tiredhub3270

2 жыл бұрын

asked myself the same question, so those 4 bolts carry weight of almost ~850 lbs?

@Cedo86

Жыл бұрын

@@tiredhub3270 They don't carry that weight, you can see that the bearing goes into the housing, bolts are there just to secure it doesn't come off, same thing with a wheel which goes onto the hub, it's not held by the nuts strictly speaking, that's why central bore of the wheel must match hub lip diameter.

@Cedo86

Жыл бұрын

@@zoidberg444 Friction for some part, main thing is that the parts come in or on one another, in this case bearing goes in to the carrier, just like the wheel goes onto the hub lip, with it's perfectly matched central bore, in case of the Mondeo it's 63.3mm.

Surprised you didn’t try and clean the head of the old bolts with a wire wheel or brush to try and relife them.

I had all mondeos from mk1 to mk4, thanks to you avoided mk5 luckily 😊 all petrol ,but mk3 2l was the best nearly immortal untill sili woman with texting on phone drive in my back,has to be withdrawn😭😭😭😭

Have you used a torq stick before for using air tools to torque up bolts like wheel nuts ... awesome bits of kit.

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

i only use torque wrenches for engine components, head bolts and big end bearings etc, everything else is with an air gun or using a breaker bar

Hi Alan please do a Focus C-MAX MK1 rear wheel bearing

Okay, I admit that the sound was quite bad. However - to be fair to the owner - I have to say that my MK3 from 2005 had a lot of noise from the wheels, probably because that particular model doesn´t have a lot of noise insulation. Sometimes I was also in doubt if the wheel bearings were bad on my car - simply because I wouldn´t have expected so much wheel noise from a mid-size car from 2005

Someone has had that brake disc off before. There should be a couple of those washers that bite into the wheel studs to hold the disc in place. It's why you didn't have to beat the disc senseless in order to get it off. Also NEVER do up steel wheel nuts with an air gun. If you get a flat tyre and need to change it with just a small wheel brace, you'll never be able to get them off. I hate it whenever I get new tyres and they do that.

we are at lunch at 12 oclock and home by 6 oclock would it be ok to test it at 9am and 3 pm

Not bug on copper grease this guy. If your going this far it dont hurt to apply a bit of copper grease

Hi Alan, Please, can you upload Mk4 rear wheel bearing replacing?

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

when i get the chance i will

I bloody hate rusty torx bolts, and amazed that back plate hasn't rusted to shit!!

I think you could have re-packed that with fresh grease and it would go again.😁

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

lmao.. i actually know a farmer who made his own brake pads out of wooden blocks

@Ad-gn8pl

4 жыл бұрын

@@alan4x good friend of the local fire brigade is he?

Alan is MK4 wheel bearing the same to change

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

no its harder... the four bolts are at the rear

and another video with successful rusty bolts removal... would like to see unsuccesful one and how to deal with it later.. P.S. anyway, still very useful vid...

At the end of the day the MOT pays for itself by catching problems in time...😈

Scary people out there. Would of sound like a piano going down a flight of stairs. Must be deaf as a post 🤣

Are you also an MOT tester then Alan ?

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

yes, been one for years

Hi 59 plate mondeo mk4 2.0 diesel smoke coming from back of passengers side engine no limp mode when pushed hard but heater stopped working any ideas

@adriandoyles7460

4 жыл бұрын

Itz not over heating either

Anyone who has ever worked in a taxi repair shop will relate to what Alan is saying .

Like every technician would say that fucked

Quite like the old mk3's. Mk4/5s are way too big imho.

@zoidberg444

4 жыл бұрын

MK1 will always be my favourite. My dad had one when i was a kid. M-reg estate in blue. 1.8 petrol. It was like the space shuttle compared to his Morris Ital 1800 estate.

No thread lock in sight

Ford flange bolt heads are very soft.

Damn, I wouldn't be surprised if bearing flange would've separated when you whacked it with a hammer. Never seen that bad wheel bearing. I would guess that that mk3's rear end has done few odd moves because of that bearing. Would think driver would notice something like this and got alarmed.

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

the driver was from the local american air base and even showing him the play in the wheel...it was like,,what does that mean lol

@jothain

4 жыл бұрын

@@alan4x Lol. Maybe it could be worth of putting hour or two to very basic _serious/potentially deadly_ technical car malfunctions when getting driving license. Apparently fella, well at least hopefully wasn't an airplane mechanic :)

90 to 130nm is 67 to 95 ft lb! That's way too high. On my Mk3 estate it's 63 ft lb or 85nm for alloy wheels. Even so, I tend to agree with you in that tight and nipped by hand should be more than enough. I also can't believe you didn't get new bolts with the new bearing. Must have been an ultra cheap kit.

Lol. I have just done this job today. Mondeo mk4. Why the hell did they put the bolts in the rear!!!

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

i keep asking myself the same question

@MrZimmaframe

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe to save the cost of having holes In the front to access the bolt heads. I wonder if the bolt head is less likely to rust being in the back?

Alan do you have to ask customers if you can use there cars on your KZread channel

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

not with this one i didn't but sometimes yes

holy shit thats fubar

Bearing in mind how old the car is...

Never quite got why not just make brake pads bigger? Save making a lip?

@timowallin8020

4 жыл бұрын

For safety reasons.

No you do not throw it in the general waste! You put it in the admiral waste instead!

Wouldn't let you MOT my car your a bit to strict. Just kidding great job 😆😅😄😃😂👤

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

lol

It came off easily..maybe it's been off before ?

A trained tech would have cleaned the face of the disc before fitting back to the hub, we dont want any brake vibration now do we.....and a cheap wheel bearing doesn't come with new bolts that's why its cheap.... see ya!

Is Monica on holiday ?

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

no, its just so busy at the moment as we are understaffed it is difficult to find time to make any videos let alone add monika but hopefully when things get back to normal there will be more time to think up scenarios

Quote " if you want to go down the route of torquing these bolts up" Otherwise it's FT

Now, of course Alan, you're gonna tell the world that that wasn't the worst wheel bearing you've come across right? LOL Just as well that wasn't on the front wheels LOL On a serious note, if I was you, I would have used an electric wire sander because it's easier and quicker.

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

lol... that was a good bearing compared to some i have seen

9:25 that happens when you buy cheap shitty parts...

Well this describes my job, shitty cars fixing.......

Wirebrush the bolts first

Nordschleife - Means North loop in German

Get some battery powered wrenches. 😊

Can't hear nothing? That's a double negative, so he could hear something.

Love your Videos...but Why the english Mondeos do look that abused and rotten ?? Don't the english like the Ford Mondeo anyway ??

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

its the way they are built over here... the mk5 is no where near as popular as the mk4

With the statement: "I can't hear nothing." ,you actually say: "I can hear everything.". (double negative). So, what is it????

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

go and look up sarcasm or just stick to your own language and don't try thinking too hard

@eknaap8800

4 жыл бұрын

@@alan4x That's just the problem with many people: they don't think and say the opposite they want to communicate. That's not the way to convey knowledge...

Bodge it and scarper comes to mind, glad I’m not renting a car from you😱🐾🐾

@alan4x

Жыл бұрын

you need a driving licence first

Holy shit thats insanely bad

Maybe he is deaf ,like me !!!

That's more like changing the hub than the bearing, what a waste, throw away society + more profit on parts.

No Monica. I may have to unsubscribe 😂.

@curtisj2165

4 жыл бұрын

Another Monica admirer 😃

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

lol... there will be more monika ...

@mikeyp1977

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Howatt not to much. Don’t need spoiling 🤣😂

@mikeyp1977

4 жыл бұрын

Curtis Jarvis very close second she is 😄

English mechanic - $200 pounds to replace the wheel bearing, sarcasm free of charge.

Lol why do you not use a torque wrench? It doesn’t take any longer and you know you have done it right especially on someone else’s car, it just seems a bit lazy.

@alan4x

4 жыл бұрын

i don't need to use a torque wrench on every bolt under the sun, its called experiance knowing how tight to do bolts up

@MrZimmaframe

4 жыл бұрын

No I didn't say every bolt "under the sun", just one holding suspension and or your wheels on.. Maybe I just get more comfort knowing I've tightened something to spec and used thread locker where needed, just helps me sleep better at night. If that is not like you then that's fine. Were you joking when you said "its called Experiance" or 'experience', because I thought that was quite funny.

Really disappointed in you al..... ... You've had 3 days off (bank holiday) surely you could have done a MINIMUM of 2 vids per day ?????!? But what have you done exactly.....nuffink, really disappointed mate, if you wanna go viral, you've gotta put the effort in and get them vids out ....... ...😂😂😂😂😂

I have never had new bolts in a wheel bearing kit of that type including oem bearings

@markbrock4427

3 жыл бұрын

Some do some don't....just bought one for my own, luckily I have a new set of bolts here.