Under the car with no jack stand, not worth a wheel bearing or the whole car. NEISS estimated that 4,822 people in the U.S. receive hospital emergency treatment in a single year for jack failure injuries
Everyone keeps blaming "salt on the roads"... decades ago, I used to have to replace axles and lots of other drive train parts - I never had these issues. It looks more like poor design, cheap parts & poor grade of metal
Wheel bearings can be hard to diagnose when they are just starting to go bad. The wheel doesn't wiggle, but it will make noise on the road. If you jack it up, and spin the wheels while holding the coil spring, you can feel the bad bearing vibration.
Thanks for sharing this. I tried it in hot Texas. Same issue. At end, i had to take out entire hub from the suspension, then knocked it out. 6 hours job.
I wouldn’t even attempt this job without that hub removal tool that you bolt on and whack off. Learned that the hard way. Bolt that tool onto the hub and whack with an 8lb sledge and it’ll be free in minutes.
My son and I just did this same job, trying the exact same tricks without success. The only difference was we made a slide hammer (no help) and we finally got it removed by using a bottle jack between a bolt lightly threaded in from behind and a 2x4 we wedged in, supported by the frame. It took us about 7 hours. We watched this when we figured we must be doing something wrong. It was funny to watch everything we just did replayed.
Win some you loose some... Great idea with the bottle jack Glad it worked for you. I was not even gonna put the video up because it was such a pain.. lol. But I'm glad I did to get the word out and all the great comments. Thanks for Watching! 🇺🇸👍 And thanks for the great input!!! 🧔
I messed up the dust plate and now have rubbing noise I need to address. No noise when I spin the hub, it's all coming from the rotor. I'm hoping it's not the parking brake that's rubbing because the dust plate is warped. I did use a thin, short pry bar and 3 lbs. mallet to break it lose from the knuckle, then moved to a square shaped chisel held with a set of vice-grips so I didn't mash my hand. Learned a lot from the driver's side for when I go to do the passenger side next. I don't want to have to replace that dust plate though.
I want to agree so bad. But in three out of three cases, for me, the hub buster ripped the hub in half and I still had to battle it out. On day 3 of the third hub. I’m SO over it.
I really shouldn't be that hard to replace those. I think Subaru should do something about it. But I don't see em listening to me. Even if they assembled them with an anti seize compound might be helpful. Appreciate your comment! Thanks for Watching 🇺🇸😁!
I got it from O'Reilly's gave em my year make and model and they had it on the shelf. I don't recall what the number was. But it fit perfectly. Thanks for watching 🇺🇸👍
@@NorthwindGarage I will see you in heaven and we shall have a cup of coffee together. I’ll know where to find you; the sheep are on the right side and the goats on the left. Should be no problem🙏😊
Keep in mind that I was soaking this old bearing with PB Blaster. Rather than soaking the brake shoes. I saw it fit to protect them by removing them. 😁
Under the car with no jack stand, not worth a wheel bearing or the whole car. NEISS estimated that 4,822 people in the U.S. receive hospital emergency treatment in a single year for jack failure injuries
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40k die a year in vehicles. Stay home stay safe.
There’s a red jack stand holding the car up if you watch the video closely
He has a jack stand genius.
Everyone keeps blaming "salt on the roads"... decades ago, I used to have to replace axles and lots of other drive train parts - I never had these issues. It looks more like poor design, cheap parts & poor grade of metal
Slather anti seize on ALL metal mating surfaces
I don’t see Jack stand.
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Open your eyes
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Wheel bearings can be hard to diagnose when they are just starting to go bad. The wheel doesn't wiggle, but it will make noise on the road. If you jack it up, and spin the wheels while holding the coil spring, you can feel the bad bearing vibration.
Never seize is yo friend
Thanks for sharing this. I tried it in hot Texas. Same issue. At end, i had to take out entire hub from the suspension, then knocked it out. 6 hours job.
They are a complete pain. More than one way to skin the cat though. Thanks for watching!!🇺🇸👍🧔
Don’t pound with. Your body part.
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I don't see any jack stands? Very dangerous.
Did you watch the entire video?
@@NorthwindGarageyou think people can’t see with their own eyes you didn’t have a jack stan until the video was almost over
I wouldn’t even attempt this job without that hub removal tool that you bolt on and whack off. Learned that the hard way. Bolt that tool onto the hub and whack with an 8lb sledge and it’ll be free in minutes.
Great job breaking that off the knuckle, very hard to do manually, which you accomplished somehow, someway, pure fortitude really.
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My son and I just did this same job, trying the exact same tricks without success. The only difference was we made a slide hammer (no help) and we finally got it removed by using a bottle jack between a bolt lightly threaded in from behind and a 2x4 we wedged in, supported by the frame. It took us about 7 hours. We watched this when we figured we must be doing something wrong. It was funny to watch everything we just did replayed.
Win some you loose some... Great idea with the bottle jack Glad it worked for you. I was not even gonna put the video up because it was such a pain.. lol. But I'm glad I did to get the word out and all the great comments. Thanks for Watching! 🇺🇸👍 And thanks for the great input!!! 🧔
@NorthwindGarage thanks 4 putting it up
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I messed up the dust plate and now have rubbing noise I need to address. No noise when I spin the hub, it's all coming from the rotor. I'm hoping it's not the parking brake that's rubbing because the dust plate is warped.
I did use a thin, short pry bar and 3 lbs. mallet to break it lose from the knuckle, then moved to a square shaped chisel held with a set of vice-grips so I didn't mash my hand. Learned a lot from the driver's side for when I go to do the passenger side next. I don't want to have to replace that dust plate though.
Those hub busters are the ONLY way to go in the rust belt. That was barely rusted from ones I've seen.
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I want to agree so bad. But in three out of three cases, for me, the hub buster ripped the hub in half and I still had to battle it out. On day 3 of the third hub. I’m SO over it.
I really shouldn't be that hard to replace those. I think Subaru should do something about it.
But I don't see em listening to me.
Even if they assembled them with an anti seize compound might be helpful. Appreciate your comment! Thanks for Watching 🇺🇸😁!
100%. I wouldn’t even attempt this job without it. Just asking for pain.
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I'm in the NE of the state. aka salt belt states. I have a 2007 OB I need to do my rear soon.
Drive it around new York for 6 months then you will have real rust and you will bring it to a garage you are working on gravy now !😅
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When I nod my head, you hit it!
Oh man, thank you for the chisel trick! I tried everything before that and nothing worked.
They are a pain! If you live in a salt state they are almost always seized on there. Glad it worked out for You!! Thanks For Watching!!🇺🇸👍
What is the part number of that Wheel hub bearing?
I got it from O'Reilly's gave em my year make and model and they had it on the shelf. I don't recall what the number was. But it fit perfectly.
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The patience of Job on the job ❤ Blessings from Petrolia, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
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@@NorthwindGarage I will see you in heaven and we shall have a cup of coffee together. I’ll know where to find you; the sheep are on the right side and the goats on the left. Should be no problem🙏😊
Looking forward to that cup of Coffee!
Beating on it with a sledge while held up in a precarious spot by that cheap jack was an incredible display of sketchiness.
There was a jack stand under it. Thanks for watching 🇺🇸👍😁
@@NorthwindGarageno there was no jack stand while you were under the car you added it later when obviously whoever was with you pointed it out
You do not need to disassemble the e brake shoes.
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Keep in mind that I was soaking this old bearing with PB Blaster.
Rather than soaking the brake shoes. I saw it fit to protect them by removing them. 😁
Don't listen to the jack salesman use a jack stand also!
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Also you can use those brake caliper bolts to pull that perfectly they're the same size
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32mm
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