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Today, due to popular demand, I'm
going to show how to change wheel bearings
on a front-wheel drive car.
When you're driving down the road, and the faster you go,
the louder your car roars, you need new front-wheel bearings.
It's a greasy job so put on a pair of these gloves,
and you won't ruin your hands.
Then jack-up the car and get ready to work.
And be sure to put a jack stand on so it doesn't fall on you.
Then take off the wheel.
And then you have to take the brake caliper off,
take the bolt off, and move it out of the way.
Then take the caliper mounting bolts off,
and take the caliper mount out of the way.
Then take the pin off of the drive shaft,
put a socket on, and take the nut off.
Then you have to remove the tie rod,
so take that nut off, and get your tie
rod removing tool ready.
And hammer it off.
There it goes.
Then you have to remove the two bolts that
hold the strut assembly in.
There's one.
There's two.
Get a hammer and a screwdriver, and tap the drive shaft out
of the axle assembly.
There it goes.
Then the last step to take off the axle
is to remove the nut on the lower ball joint,
and remove that too.
Then just pull the whole thing off.
Now here comes the hard part.
The wheel bearing is hiding inside here.
As a professional mechanic, I have a giant SIR set
of tools to pull it out.
They cost over $1,000, so you might just
take this to a machine shop and have
them press the old bearing, or the new one in.
But here's how my tool works.
The SIR tool kit comes with this anvil,
and you put the whole axle assembly on top of it.
Then you put a socket in the hole and hammer it out.
There, we've got some of it off now.
Then you get a pair of snap ring pliers.
Put the snap ring pliers on the ring.
You take the ring out.
Now to get the actual bearing out,
the tools is inserted into the axle assembly.
You put a wrench on each end and it forces it up.
And out comes the rest of the bearing.
Then before you put the new bearing in,
put a little grease on the outside edge
so it slips in better when you press it back on.
With the pressing [INAUDIBLE] tool engaged,
just tighten it up to press the bearing back in place.
Then just bolt everything back together
and you're ready to go.
And in the case of this Toyota, change the drive shaft too
because it's cracked.
So you know how to change a wheel bearing
on a front-wheel drive car.
And if you have any car care questions,
just go to ScottyKilmer.com, and I'll answer them all, free.