Thank you for the video. Nice to watch. I think the most useful tool I ever bought was my air compressor. My neighbor kinda chuckles and says that I should use a battery operated tool instead. Of course, He doesnt realize that there is a lot of things that you can do with an air compressor and the tools for that are coming cheaper in cost. I look at the batteries for these drills and such and they are way too expensive for what they are. My Buick has the built in bearings to the hub. I have never done the press-fit type. I also just bought a torpedo heater for my garage because my repairs are kinda falling behind and I will have to be working in the winter months to catch up. I have control arms, tire sensors, and an alignment to do on the front end of my car yet.

Nice repair job. Maybe the Accent won't be so angry now! I've done them on a 4x4 pickup, and they are definitely in the range of you'd have to pay me except it's my vehicle! I suppose you could say the pickup was easier because I replaced the hubs and didn't need to disassemble the brakes or spindle, but those suckers were so rusted in place that it took lots of heat, a 5-pound sledge and an air hammer to get them out. I used lots of never sieze as well to make it easier for the next guy. Truthfully though, there probably won't be a next time for that truck.

What sucks the most about doing a wheel bearing is when you think it's the left side one that's bad, and finally it's the right side one.

@oldman9642

8 ай бұрын

Why I do everything on an axle. Need a bearing? Replace both sides. Need a caliper? Replace both sides. Need a control arm? Replace both sides.

"Anti-seize on everything", my kind of man. 👍

@GregWellwood

8 ай бұрын

When you start looking like The Tin Man, that's too much.

What, no Murphy today? Awww, don’t you just love it when he’s messing with someone else, and doesn’t have time for your project! Did a front bearing on the HHR, seems to me, that job needed to have a special tool made up to get it apart...

Seems to be a very common repair in the shop these days.. One thing you failed to mention was properly torquing the axle nut. Just hitting it with the impact has been known to lead to premature wheel bearing failure.. Ask me how I know that fact. LOL Plus properly supporting the back side of the wheel bearing when pressing the hub back into place.

Nice job👍 need to buy a press from HF.

Hey, gr8 video, but just a thought, since that bearing is press fit, parts in contact during press jobs, do suffer surface shaving, and the quality of the press fit is determined by the press pressure needed. Why am is mentioning this, my dad drove a ford telstar tx-5 that had 2 accidents because of " faulty brakes". The first + second accidents were pretty much the same situation, my dad stepped on the brakes, the car did not slow down and ran into the back of another car, the driver of the car behind my fathers (case of the second accident), testified that he saw my dads brake lights and he also slammed on the brakes but my dads car kept on moving as if there were no brakes. Having had 2 accidents due to " faulty brakes" and having gone over the entire braking system as per my training, no defect was found in the braking system. Then one day my dad had to change a wheel bearing, he opted to just swap the entire bearing carrier for a " foreign used" part that was complete with bearing , brake disc etc, just reused the proper car's brake caliper. My dad brought home the complete part that came off the car, as i worked that time in the oilfield doing 28-28 rotation, and was leaving soon to go back to work, i soaked the areas that will be affected during the press work to change the bearing. Upon returning home a month later, i decided to change the bearing and have it ready to go as a spare for my dad's car...picking it up off the ground by the wheel flange, it pulled freely out of the centre of the wheel bearing...there was the " faulty brakes" ....a fault that did not take part in the actual hydraulics of the braking system....the brake disc would lean pushing back the brake caliper piston into the bore, resulting effect was just about the master cylinder displacement volume for this part of the hydraulic circuit...first pump of the brake pedal would put the rear brake shoes in contact with the drums and up front this wheel brake pads in contact with the brake disc, since no brake pressure was created- no brakes in this circuit, then thinking again, the diagonal split braking system has a firewall mounted equalizing block valve...the other diagonal split half of the brake hydraulic circuit should have slowed down the car...but in reality, having no pressure on one half of the diagonal split hydraulic circuit, reduces volume in the other half of the hydraulic circuit that based on the volume output of the individual master cylinder pistons, resulted in no brake pressure on the first pump of the brake pedal in an emergency situation....the car drove normally, brakes worked perfectly every time before even after the accidents, brake pads and shoes were changed and system bled out thoroughly. Strange things do happen and worse this car had changed hands who knows how many times before i purchased it from a mechanic known to my family, a guy my mom knew from her school days ..back to the point- the wheel flange piece does suffer more press fit surface shaving every time it is pressed in and out of the centre of the bearing....which can lead to an end play problem affecting the brake discs and the brake pad contact, there is no noise as the wheel bearing is in perfect condition, and the brakes work fine up to when things get to the point they dont work when needed and then work as if no problem exists

@Maplecook

8 ай бұрын

I am having trouble following what you are trying to say. I would like to know: 1) Are you saying that The Shop Teacher Guy should have done the pressing differently? 2) Are you saying that The Shop Teacher Guy should have measured something differently? 3) Other? What should he have done differently, in your opinion?

@ArvineHarry

8 ай бұрын

@@Maplecook replying to your doubts, 1. He did the job as per procedures, just he did not show the pressure on the hidraulic press when fitting the wheel flange part into the centre of the bearing....the more pressure needed means a tighter fit...if it went in freely, the situation with my dad's car could arise. 2. Nothing really to be done differently, as in many instances a front wheel bearing is only changed once in a vehicles life span considering manufacturers for the last 25 years producing cars that last up to end of warranty period. 3. Possibly in sourcing a front wheel drive bearing kit, it comes with the wheel flange part in the kit with a new lock ring also...

@GregWellwood

8 ай бұрын

I have no pressure gauge on the press. There was no damage to the hub or spindle surfaces. The bearing pressed into the knuckle and the the hub pressed into the bearing with the amount of force I expected. There are zero problems. A purchased complete hub assembly would not likely have a quality bearing in it.

@ArvineHarry

8 ай бұрын

@@GregWellwood my sugestion / comment comes from 2 accidents my dad had with the car i bought and fixed up for him...brakes always worked till when really needed, then did not on 2 occasions, and me going over the entire braking system without finding any faults....really racked my brain and also consulted my professors from the NAIT automotive service technician course i undertook in my early 20's... We had 2 accidents because of this one part that probably got its surface shaved in doing many press jobs...the point is it happened and possibly could happen again- something to pay attention to, something that can be easily overlooked with devastating consequences

Your timing is impeccable, Brother G! My EF's front end is making weird noises that lead me to believe that at LEAST the wheel bearings are on the way out. So, I'm thinking the following: 1) Since I'm going in there anyway, and will have to take it all apart, I may as well also do the ball joints and the hubs. 2) I have unfortunately found out that Honda has discontinued the hub/bearing assembly, and rockauto does not carry them. (Rock only has rears.) Do you know of any good quality replacements for the hub? 3) Also, how likely is it that there is nothing wrong with the hubs? I am thinking that if these generally don't go bad, and nobody makes them anyway, maybe I can get away with reusing them. On the other hand, I don't wanna go to all the trouble, just to have the hubs go bad on me a little later, and then I'll be right back where I started. 4) For ball joints, rock has Mevotech TTX. Are they good? The internet seems to think so, but I trust your opinion more. 5) Should I change the tie rod ends while I'm in there? I'm thinking not...but then again, I have heard that sometimes, suspension systems like it better when stuff is all changed together. I'm just a noob. Please help me see more clearly. 6) Is there anything else I oughta change while I'm in there? I mean, I'm in my 50s now, and plan to have the car for life, so if I'm gonna end up doing this work anyway, I figure it makes more sense to get it all done now, and then NOT have to deal with it when I'm in my late 60s or later. I'd rather do this, while I'm still physically strong enough to. Thanks for always helping me, man. =)