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Slip your fingers in the middle of the outer bearing lift it up and out then set. Lift the outer bearing out of the hub.
If no play is present create play by loosening bearing adjustment then adjust in small increments until play in gone.
How to change a hub bearing. Wheel Bearing Replacement. Learn how to replace a wheel bearing hub assembly. This is a 2007 Mercury Mountaineer Ford Explorer but the process will be very.
Using the plastic mallet hammer the drive-side end of the axle to eject the rotor-side bearing and axle from the non-drive side of hub shell. Use care to safely catch axle as its hammered out. Flip axle and re-insert short rotor-side end of axle through hub shell and into drive- side bearing 3.
To change wheel bearings start by lifting the wheel up on a jack unscrewing the lug nuts and taking the wheel off. Then remove the brake caliper the dust cover over the rotor and the cotter pin and castle nut behind the dust cover. Next pull the rotor off remove the old hub and take apart the hub assembly to access the wheel bearings.
Lift the outer bearing out of the hub. The outer bearing is the bearing in the middle of the hub that faces outwards towards the wheels right underneath the adjusting nut and washer that you removed. Slip your fingers in the middle of the outer bearing lift it up and out then set.
Bearing Adjustment and Hub Replacement If the hub has been removed or bearing adjustment is required the following adjustment procedure must be followed. After placing the hub bearings washers and spindle nut back on the axle spindle in reverse order as detailed in the previous section on hub removal rotate the hub assembly. Loosen the hub nut a few turns or if it is a peened nut remove it and screw on a new one loosely.
If you have removed the wheel replace it temporarily tightening the wheel nuts just enough to hold it firmly. Set your torque wrench to the correct figure for the hub nut. Settings vary greatly from car to oar from 11 to 60 lb ft - 15 to 83 kg.
Set the knuckle assemble on the press and suspend it safely remove the center hub starting from the back of the bearing and only press out the center of the bearing. Flip it over and remove the snap ring or retaining ring from the knuckle assembly. The axle is now held tight.
Check for bearing play. If no play is present create play by loosening bearing adjustment then adjust in small increments until play in gone. The goal is to find the loosest adjustment that has no play.
Remove the wheel from the bike. The adjustment for solid axle hubs does not change when mounted in the bike. In this system the wheel bearings are packed in the hub and installed as a singular complete unit instead of separate components which can influence how long it takes to replace a wheel bearing.
In addition to influencing how long it can take to replace the wheel bearing this makes the hub assembly more expensive than just replacing the hubs. For this you can expect to pay between 400 and 800 to replace. A rear hub assembly costs about 68 for a Timken part or about 180 for an OE part.
This would make the job to replace the rear wheel bearing about 158 with aftermarket parts or about 270 with OE parts. The front of the vehicle uses a cartridge bearing rather than a wheel bearing. Open the package with your nice new bearing.
It should contain the bearing and the race. It doesnt matter whether you select the inner or outer bearing first. Withdraw the race and set the bearing down on a clean paper towel or plastic sheet.
The new bearing and race. Take the new race and place it in the hub. Spread a light coating of grease on the outside and inside of the new bearings on the inside of the hub shell and on the axle.
If the grease is too thick between the bearing and the hub it could.