Wheel Bearing - Front (Write-Up)

[meb7070]

Got bored while changing font wheel bearing alst thursday and figured I would make a write up. Tools Needed: Sockets - 36mm, 15mm Box Wrench - 13mm, 10mm External Torx - E16 Jack/Jack Stand Pounding Device 1) Before jacking up car, loosen axle nut (36mm socket) In the pic is my 4 foot pipe over socket to get extra torque. (image 1) 2) Safley jack up the vehicle and remove tire. (image 2) 3) Remove 2 15mm bolts to remove the caliper assembly and safley secure it out of the way. (image 3 and image 4) 4) Remove mini stud in rotor with 10mm box wrench or deep socket. (image 5) 5) Remove Rotor. Take care of braking surfae is rotor is to be re-used. I hit center rim area and it popped right off. (image 6) 6) Remove axle nut completely (image 7) 7) Remove one side of control arm. I chose to do the Ball joint end. Bolt 13mm and Nut 15mm (image 8) 8) Wack out axle from the wheel bearing (image 9) 9) Remove 4 E16 bolts from rear of wheel bearing. (image 10) 10) Assmeble in reverse order Torque Specs: E16 bolts - 65 Nm + 60* Ball Joint - 37 Nm Brake Caliper - 100 Nm Axle Nut - 120 Nm + 60* Notes: Took me just under 2 hours including needing to find a ride to get the external torx socket (i had up to e14 and needed a larger one) Also, my bearing did not come with new hardware so I was careful when taking off older bolts to re-use them.

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[meb7070]

images 6-10

[nonsense619]

still need to do mine...great write-up..the noise is finally getting to me

[tech]

Made a sticky!!

[850tony]

for what its worth i just changed mine under the moon light with out a work light

[VJZ]

Very good!

I am considering one that has a fubar wheel bearing!

[TheTrainwreck]

When your car squeeks when it goes over bumps, thats the wheel bearing, right?

[tech]

Originally Posted by TheTrainwreck

When your car squeeks when it goes over bumps, thats the wheel bearing, right?

I doubt that is the bearing.

[Carrots]

Originally Posted by TheTrainwreck

When your car squeeks when it goes over bumps, thats the wheel bearing, right?

Nope... probably the spring seat/ strut mount. Or a bad sway bar link. A bad wheel bearing will make a rumbling or grinding noise that changes with speed, and usually gets worse when changing lanes in the opposite direction of the side the bad bearing is on and quieter when changing lanes the other way.(a bad left bearing will get louder when changing lanes to the right, and quieter when changing to the left)

[TheTrainwreck]

Thanks carrots(and tech)! I'm gonna do the susp eventually so i can deal with a little noise for now lol.