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Today I'm gonna show you how to change wheel bearings out
in a Toyota.
And if you notice, I'm wearing glasses.
And that's because I value my eyes.
We're going to do some hammering and grinding, so you
want to protect your eyes when you do that.
The first thing you want to do is jack the car up in the air.
Put the jack on a the mounting part
and jack it up high off, so the tires is two
or three inches off the ground.
Then, if you don't like your hands getting dirty,
put on some gloves.
I've been using these Safegrip gloves for years.
They keep your hands from getting all cut,
and keep all the grease off of you.
I just pull the wheel off.
The wheel, to get it off, push it out of the way.
The wheel bearing's hiding inside here,
so you have to take the brake off to access it.
Get a wrench, and take the backing nuts off of the brake.
Once you get the two bolts off, the brake caliper
slides out of the way, and take the rotor off.
The bearing's hiding inside here.
There's four little bolts inside here, 14 millimeter,
to hold the hub in.
So we take all of the bolts off, and then the hub
comes right out.
You'll notice the hub is a whole assembly.
We have to take this apart to put the new bearing in.
Just give it a good whack with a hammer.
Then they will unscrew, and you can get the end off.
Then you're going to need this puller to take it apart with.
The puller goes on top of the bearing assembly,
then you bolt it on so it's nice and tight.
Then the bearing assembly comes apart.
But here's a trick: you've got to get the race off here.
You've got to grind it off.
So get an air grinder, and cut the race in half.
Now, you don't have to cut the race all the way in half.
You make a line, and then hit with a chisel.
Then you need to go to some solid ground.
Put the hub on the ground, and put the bearing on top of it.
Then get a big socket that fits over the top of it,
and tap it on.
You hammer until it's seated.
When the shiny part is covered up,
and you only see the dirty part, it's done.
Then just get the nut and tighten it back on.
And if you have anti-lock brakes like this car,
don't forget to put the anti-lock brake wheel back on.
Be sure to tighten all four bolts nice and snug.
Then get the brake disk and put it back on--
it'll just slide in place--
and bolt the caliper back on, too.
Put these two 14 millimeter bolts on nice and tight.
Then roll the wheel in and put it back on.
Tighten up the lug nuts, and let the jack down.
Then take the car for a good road test.
There are two wheel bearings in the back--
you might still hear a noise and have to change the other side.
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