About 10 months ago, I purchased a used Taurus. My last car had been totaled by a young driver who t-boned me on the highway. When I originally test drove the Taurus, I heard no noises but when I went to pick it up (and after leaving the lot - of course!) I began to hear a noise above about 25 mph. Over several months, the noise got louder and louder. Having watched your videos, I was able to figure out that it had to be my L front hub. Once I had funds to take care of it, I was confident in my diagnosis that I told them what to fix. They confirmed it with a test drive and replaced the hub assembly. Thanks for giving ladies the confidence to talk with authority to the repair teams out there. I have watched ALL the videos at this point and come back daily for more instruction.
Difference between a FL car and a NE Rust Belt car. FL car bearing comes out with 3 taps of a hammer. NE Rustbelt car bearings comes out after hitting it for 5hrs with a regular hammer, or using the bionic bearing puller then the knuckle is all corroded. When I see videos like this I look forward more and more to my next new car that won't ever see road salt.
Saw a neat little invention where someone welded a plate to a bar and drilled holes for the studs that way they could bolt it bar to the hub and since it was a 12" bar they wacked it with heavy hammer and broke it loose with leverage. Of course I saw this after doing a rear wheel bearing that took an hour of a beating... Here in MN in the winter
I enjoy watching your videos. I was never mechanical inclined. Both of my brothers can do this stuff in their sleep. I’m the guy that brings my car to you.
We have a neighborhood corner garage 60+ years, with a premiere reputation. Do everything repairs 3 lifts, +3 spaces. The shop is similar setup to yours. Space is utilized 100% and the owner likes it that way. They could have easily enlarged the shop, however they have it setup perfectly, it’s a smooth running operation. They move a lot of auto’s through and run a great business.
Way back in the day (1975) I had a similar noisy problem come into the shop in a 1970 Olds 98. The left front outer wheel bearing was gone and the guy had been driving on the washer which had worn a goodly groove into the hub! The spindle was a mess, too. Then he had the gall to complain about the $260 repair bill when the work was done!
Remember the bad old days, when you stripped the hub assembly from the spindle, pressed out the bearing outer races, pressed in the new ones, greased up and installed the tapered bearings, then reassemble the hub to the spindle? Yeah, I still do that on 2 of mine 😁😆
Yep. did that to both of my Ford Contours (Mondeo over here). Nowdays I'm driving a Volvo V40 and yet have to change a wheel bearing in 5 year owneership and 156k miles.
You make it all look so easy Ray. I know having a proper space to work in and proper tools is half the battle, but the knowledge is the other three quarters, good work.
Good call to lube the caliper slides while you was there. If I were wrenching full time now I would definitely be investing into cordless power tools like that. All my wrenching was manual or big air tools
Watching you these last few months actually gave me the confidence to replace the Plugs and Coils on my '09 Frontier (which involved removing the intake). I was initially going to pay someone $300 to $400 to do it. I essentially did your 'methodical' approach, making certain I kept up with all the parts, bolts, and nuts. I took my time and was able to do it right, except for when I discovered I forgot to plug the #6 cylinder back in. Thankfully I fixed that and all worked well. So....Thanks Ray.
I too saw the wear, and the excess wear on the inside of the tire fits a worn-out bearing. An alignment? Maybe. But that car owner has a few other issues they might need to deal with earlier. Like the tire pressures, the rattle (to make sure it's not worn-out suspension bushing or such), the TPMS, and perhaps replacing a pair of worn tires to get out of that one from the bad bearing.
I want to echo what Buddy said. I am a hobbiest, DIY'er. Watching your vids have given me not just more confidence, but more patience. I find myself imitating you while working on something and it makes me laugh. " Clickage...LOUD NOISES....GRAVITY" Thank you Ray!
You know Ray I just realized why your vids are so enjoyable for us DIY peeps. The fact that you give the pounds to torque is that little extra you give.
So much easier when the bearing is part of a bolt-on hub assembly and not press fit, and the splined axle end slips out with just a little encouragement. My first front bearings replacement was the exact opposite, with one of the knuckles requiring a visit to a shop to have the seized axle pressed out (which I had to take there on a public bus with the entire CV axle because it was my only working car at the time), and the press fit bearings needing a bearing kit and impact wrench to replace. But, great learning experience!
Just did a wheel bearing on my dad's silverado yesterday. Had to pull the knuckle off. Then, use a sledge hammer to hammer the thing out. Got lucky the race didn't stay in the knuckle
Right off I could tell you know what you’re doing and a real mechanic. I see all these people doing repair videos that don’t know even basic mechanic skills. Good video
Wow, cars down there sure look rust-free at 152,000 miles compared to the collection of oxide and frozen fasteners that our cars up here in the north tend to become at around 50,000!
@@Snooooozel I'm surprised no clever lawyer has sued the state on behalf of all the customers who's cars were junk after a few years. A lot of Western states have as cold winters with even more snow and they don't use any salt at all.
Nice Job. When the front wheel drive GM vehicles started back in the 80's we had considerable problems telling which front and/or rear bearing hub was bad? I learned if you replaced the left front and it still had the noise, take your old bearing hub from the left front and put it on the right front. This of course did not work if you had two bad bearing hubs. I worked in the brake and suspension department by myself so I found ways to double check my diagnose. I would lift on rack, start engine, turn off traction control and put in drive. Even at idle you can feel in the front coil springs over the front tires and grinding of the bad bearing hub. Not a big job, but details matter. I followed up many jobs where bolts were left loose.
Super quick, that was awesome! I soo wish I could have a a rack in my personal garage, it would make my life better. Lol. I know the concrete slab was built and poured properly, it's 15 inches thick. My grand father did it back in 87-88 and is still in great shape! Great video Ray! You never disappoint!! Have a great day!
..... it was very windy a few days ago out here in Texas too. there was a farmer on the local TV news said it was so bad he had the roof blown off his chicken coop and some of his best hens had laid the same eggs 3 or 4 times.
Saw several saying that bearings should be both changed: with my vehicles, they are usually different ages as they are replaced singly. They seem to go bad at widely varying intervals.
That was horrendous for such a low speed with that bearing lol Good job it was a hub unit with that broken stud, and handy you had a spare nut. The left front tyre didn't look too great on it.
Although unrelated to some degree, I've slowly been facing the unknown of working on my motorcycle from watching so many nuts, bolts, screws and chunky metal blocks come off and go back on. Moved up from just oil change to air filter and spark plugs (remove fairings, gas tank, squeeze hand into unknown to disconnect all kinds of plugs while still in place...). Soon I'll be changing clutch discs ( 😱 )
I strongly suggest getting some magnetic parts trays to put you nuts and bolts and other small ferrous parts in. You will inevitable end up hitting whatever you put them in and the magnet will prevent them from scattering all over the place. They can also be place on the side of a steel cabinet or other steel object so they are not on the ground which will keep them away from feet, legs, or arms while working.
Hi Ray - I didn’t think you were old enough to know the “Rollin rollin rollin - Rawhide” theme song! I like it though because it takes me back to my childhood watching TV with my dad!
I just did one of these Friday. I Surprised yours didn't have a abs light. Mine didn't make more than a little noise, but the speed sensor variation set a abs code, which pissed off everyone, it had abs light on, check engine light, service esc, stability light, and for some reason a tpms light. The complaint was that the dash had every light on. Interestingly enough, it was at very close to the same mileage.
Thanks to your videos I have gained the confidence to attempt an air filter change on both the engine and cabin. Due to the age of the car and it being a Volvo, the parts are taking a while to source, but once they’re here it’s a simple job for both because the cabin air filter is actually under the hood with two screws separating me from it, and the engine air filter just has four clips so all I need to do the job is a screwdriver
The informace last word "simple" as nothing that looks simple is often so simple lol, ask Ray, how often has he said " this should be a simple straight forward job" only to find himself deep into a 3 day turn around, lol
This is why I have bought several used Volvos as my second car, they are the devil I know, as opposed to learning some other kind of vehicle. I do almost all of my own wrenching, if I didn't I probably couldn't afford one.
@@Paramount531 In high school I had a friend who was gifted his first car, a Peugeot. If they were still around, I would prop one of those up against a Volvo for "the Devil" awards.
@@MonkeyJedi99 The Volvo is only a true devil if it had the Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV) V6. My first Volvo, a 4 cyl DL was pretty bad. Others that followed have been great, a 960 and two XC70s.
I love how detailed your explanations are in all of your videos. It really shows me every step of the way and if I ever find myself in the position of having a problem like this, I am super confident to ... take it to a shop where experts can do this work.
mad thing is, those are the spare wheels for gm/vauxhall/opel etc, everyone uses them as "modification" wheels, maybe if they were painted they would look nice but standard thry dont lol, great content as always, much love from scotland bud
Always enjoy watching you work, and was great to see you clean the knuckle but you didn’t clean the backing plate which was dirty like the knuckle. Awesome job as always 🤟😎
I live in Ontario. You would think I would have to jackhammer my wheel bearing out. It was so grenaded, it just fell off after the axle nut was removed. I got lucky on that one
These little extra steps Raymond takes like the slide pins is what sets him apart form the vast majority of mechanics. He didn't have to do that but he cares about what he's doing and the qulity of the job he figured wile he there he do a little preventive maintenance on the brakes, this might cost him doing a brake job on this car sooner, but its also going to make the guys car stop better. Had he not done this its only a matter of time and the brakes might rub and wear down faster. It also kinda prevents a come back, for still making noises. Something I never did was lube the slide pins and ive always done my own brake jobs.
I only learned that those were slide pins when watching one of Ray's videos about a year and a half ago. Which explains why some of my older cars back in the day always seemed to have uneven pad wear...
Never go short on wheel studs. Bad things can happen. 40 years ago, I was towing a pop up camper with a full sized Pontiac, when a rear wheel decided that four wheel studs weren't enough. The right rear wheel and drum decided to take a vacation into a field, leaving me with three wheels and no brakes (because of the lack of a drum) . I slowly maneuvered myself onto the shoulder of the interstate, and located my wheel and drum. Including the tow, labor, and studs + nuts, I believe that I got out of that situation for around $50, and an hour. (things were cheaper back then)
I've notice on your last two videos you are more focused on your work ,like the Rainman I watched a few years ago before you had even 50K subscribers. Maybe you have less on your mind now and the business is going well ! At any rate I'm liking it and your work in my view is coming back around to flawless.
When you are starting your own business in an existing building, there are lots of things that have to be taken into consideration, changed around, and modified before you get everything to where you can do your work the way you need to do it. Being your own boss means you have to think and do everything the boss does and the employee does. Once that is out of the way or mostly out of the way, then you can get back to business as usual.
@@oldtimefarmboy617 What you talking about Willis. I ran a nation wide repair and service business. I had to travel hundreds maybe thousands of miles to the jobsite and do a teardown and haul or ship parts back to myself . Travel back and start repairs and quotes and involve up to 4 other companies for backup. Stay up til 1 or 2 in the morning cleaning huge heat exchangers , Up and at it again by 6 am. Rinse and repeat for a week. Then handle invoices ,travel arraignments. On the road again to assemble the machine and then wait and pray for nearly 60 days or more that the company you just did all this work for is going to pay you ! Yea tell me how it works eh
@@MrTonyPiscatelle I grew up on a farm, in a semi-arid part of the country, and my father was the farmer. Try putting in a years worth of work for something that is sold on an auction basis and then hope the market is willing to pay enough to make you a profit (i. e. take home pay), all the while dealing with a ton of government regulations and restrictions. I can tell you a lot about how it works, "eh."
@@oldtimefarmboy617 Kind of like putting your house up for collateral on a 150K loan so you can get the 250K worth of parts to put a machine back together and once done the company goes into chapter 11 eh. I doubt you could tell me very much that I haven't already lived through.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "Purple" isn't compatible with a lot of rubber products, like the boots around the pin. The correct lube is Sil-Glyde. Purple is meant to lube the back of the pads, although I just use antiseize.
Western NYer here. Have only had one new car my almost 50 years of driving. Best thing I've ever done(only recently unfortunately) is buying Southern cars, What a dream to work on, and look at. Like difference between a 25yr old women and a 55yr old one.
Good morning Ray! Nice video, made even better by the drop in Wife Unit fly by. Silly me, saw the broken wheel stud and wondered if you were going to replace it as long as you were in that deep. Old School, I forgot the studs come with the bearing assembly. Duh!
I've had enough of high winds for now. Here in southern Ohio Saturday night we had 70 mph wind gusts no power for a couple hours and 2 tornadoes touched down
You brought up the power gate so I thought I'd share a cheap power gate option just for the sake of sharing. Use a old garage door opener and mount parallel to the fence. Attach the "lift arm" to a piece of angle iron on the gate. The opener pulls the gate open and closed rather than the traditional up and down. Wireless keypads and remotes work like usual. There is a company around us that sell these on post frame agricultural buildings with sliding doors. Of course theirs are fancy new units with several safety options.
I'll be doing both of my F-150s hub bearings and vacuum 4WD actuators on Wednesday. Nice to see your video today but I wish I was working on a Florida car instead of Pennsylvania truck! The lack of rust on that car is amazing. Great video as always Ray.
Ray I loved the way when you did not back up into traffic when you saw the car coming. Where I live they would have just pulled out and make you wait or hit you.
I was changing some rear discs (proper description in English lol). and brake pads in the garage (not shop lol) the other day and when spraying the brake cleaner on the hand brake shoes I , for no reason shouted 'BUNK' as I did so, coupled with a 'gravity' when I dropped the 14 mm socket. Two people were looking at me and said "what is wrong with you?". I said Ray on U tube.. BUT, when they were impressed the other day with my re threading of some exhaust studs with a hexagon die (that I didn't know existed until I saw Ray do it and brought one on Ebay) ., So however long you have been in the trade, you can always learn something new
I've owned a lot of cars and only ever had bad hubs on my GM vehicles. I love my Chevy and I'll drive it until the wheels fall off, unfortunately it doesn't take that much effort lol
Potential wheel loss is no fun. I have a Subaru Crosstrek. I have less than 150,000km/90,,000 miles and have replaced three wheel bearings once and one twice. It's seriouly an achilles heel for an otherwise great little car. Previous to that I had a Chevy Aveo. I'll never go back to Chevies after being burned by that death trap. It was great when it was running, but that wasn't frequent.
@@legojenn Picking my Outback up this afternoon. 108K miles, both rear bearings. My mechanic says he sees a number of Subarus at the 100K mark for bearings.
Ha! You are in Bradenton across from the county maintenance facility.. I thought your test ride looked familiar, under 301 to 15th st. I live about 6 miles away. Small world
Nice job re diagnosing the wheel bearing I would be interested in the future hearing the difference between a CV axle that would need replacing. We did hear the wheel bearing. I personally think the sounds are similar but yet there are differences. I hope you might be interested in a video to explore that.
That is a good question. I suppose that hearing it to localize a wheel is the first step, then lifting the car to manipulate the wheel is the next diag step to nail it to either wheel bearing or CV. Though perhaps, the pull when breaking is another bearing indicator? - I am not making absolute statements here, as my job history has been in the hardware side of electronics, not auto repair.
@@MonkeyJedi99 The drive shaft should be tight with no perceptible play between it and the transmission and the wheel. If you hold the wheel still and then twist the CV shaft and you can see movement in the shaft or feel or hear some sort clicking/clunking, then the bearing next to the wheel is worn; and it is the one most likely to be worn. The bearing next to the transmission could be worn as well but far less likely since it stays mostly straight while the one next to the wheel has to accommodate the swiveling of the wheel whenever you make a turn.
About 10 months ago, I purchased a used Taurus. My last car had been totaled by a young driver who t-boned me on the highway. When I originally test drove the Taurus, I heard no noises but when I went to pick it up (and after leaving the lot - of course!) I began to hear a noise above about 25 mph. Over several months, the noise got louder and louder. Having watched your videos, I was able to figure out that it had to be my L front hub. Once I had funds to take care of it, I was confident in my diagnosis that I told them what to fix. They confirmed it with a test drive and replaced the hub assembly. Thanks for giving ladies the confidence to talk with authority to the repair teams out there. I have watched ALL the videos at this point and come back daily for more instruction.
oh - and I got the old part back.
Nice work, Cynthia!
My kind of woman 😁
damn at this rate women will replace men as mechanics!
@@prayforparis422 maybe … but we definitely need to pay attention and learn so as not to be taken advantage of.
Difference between a FL car and a NE Rust Belt car. FL car bearing comes out with 3 taps of a hammer. NE Rustbelt car bearings comes out after hitting it for 5hrs with a regular hammer, or using the bionic bearing puller then the knuckle is all corroded. When I see videos like this I look forward more and more to my next new car that won't ever see road salt.
Fact!
I know the feeling im hear in Nebraska too. I've replaced all 4 of my wheel bearings on my malibu
No NE cars dont have bedazzled steering wheels lol
In Wisconsin, they take an act of congress, a jack hammer, and 8 hours of cursing.
Saw a neat little invention where someone welded a plate to a bar and drilled holes for the studs that way they could bolt it bar to the hub and since it was a 12" bar they wacked it with heavy hammer and broke it loose with leverage. Of course I saw this after doing a rear wheel bearing that took an hour of a beating... Here in MN in the winter
Maybe call the Palmetto Gun Guys and swap the billboard for a Ray's sign. Good stuff. Always enjoy!
Sir you are an amazing man, father, husband and mechanic. Thanks you Ray.
I enjoy watching your videos. I was never mechanical inclined. Both of my brothers can do this stuff in their sleep. I’m the guy that brings my car to you.
As someone who lives in Buffalo, the complete lack of rust on the undercarriage is jaw dropping
this is why plastic undertrays are a thing in yoo-rope
The way the wheel bearing just fell out with a few taps...vs my cars where I broke studs trying to slide hammer my bearings out!
Not much better here in Maryland
2013 Texas F-150 and the underside looks almost factory new.
Complete lack of exposure to salt.
Buffalo here also... actually Southtowns.
Ray's favorite attachment is the wife unit. They were made for each other.
" If you try every socket, eventually you will find the one that fits."
Words of wisdom from one of my favorite youtube channels. 😁👍
And I thought I was the only one who did that, ha !
Wouldn’t you know it? It’s always the last one!
Unless that socket is hiding or AWOL.
If at first you don't succeed, you're like the rest of us!
@spaceflight1019 or in the last car that you completed annnnnd it just drove off....thanks I need another 10mm socket.
We have a neighborhood corner garage 60+ years, with a premiere reputation. Do everything repairs 3 lifts, +3 spaces.
The shop is similar setup to yours. Space is utilized 100% and the owner likes it that way. They could have easily enlarged the shop, however they have it setup perfectly, it’s a smooth running operation. They move a lot of auto’s through and run a great business.
Way back in the day (1975) I had a similar noisy problem come into the shop in a 1970 Olds 98. The left front outer wheel bearing was gone and the guy had been driving on the washer which had worn a goodly groove into the hub! The spindle was a mess, too.
Then he had the gall to complain about the $260 repair bill when the work was done!
Nice to see you have an easy diagnosis and an easy repair. You deserve these type of jobs, bud. Well done.
Antisieze Antisieze Antisieze went through 3 sets of those on my Silverado. First set was insane to get off.
Remember the bad old days, when you stripped the hub assembly from the spindle, pressed out the bearing outer races, pressed in the new ones, greased up and installed the tapered bearings, then reassemble the hub to the spindle? Yeah, I still do that on 2 of mine 😁😆
I'm stuck doing that with my 05' Altima. Lol
And on the side of a road or in a parking lot
Yup. Just did both sides of my 2004 Ford Ranger last summer. At 110 deg. here in the AZ desert!
Yep. did that to both of my Ford Contours (Mondeo over here). Nowdays I'm driving a Volvo V40 and yet have to change a wheel bearing in 5 year owneership and 156k miles.
I still have the special socket needed to remove the bearing retainer for my 1977 F150 4x4...
You make it all look so easy Ray. I know having a proper space to work in and proper tools is half the battle, but the knowledge is the other three quarters, good work.
Ray does give 125% :)
He watches y/t videos to find out how to do it.
@@clbcl5 --So do I---lol....
@@clbcl5 Eric O has also mentioned doing the same. Lol
Yogi Berra would be happy to his Yogi-isms being added to and spread around the 🌎
Good call to lube the caliper slides while you was there. If I were wrenching full time now I would definitely be investing into cordless power tools like that. All my wrenching was manual or big air tools
Watching you these last few months actually gave me the confidence to replace the Plugs and Coils on my '09 Frontier (which involved removing the intake). I was initially going to pay someone $300 to $400 to do it. I essentially did your 'methodical' approach, making certain I kept up with all the parts, bolts, and nuts. I took my time and was able to do it right, except for when I discovered I forgot to plug the #6 cylinder back in. Thankfully I fixed that and all worked well.
So....Thanks Ray.
That thing needs an alignment too judging by the wear on the tires. Good stuff Ray!
I too saw the wear, and the excess wear on the inside of the tire fits a worn-out bearing.
An alignment? Maybe. But that car owner has a few other issues they might need to deal with earlier.
Like the tire pressures, the rattle (to make sure it's not worn-out suspension bushing or such), the TPMS, and perhaps replacing a pair of worn tires to get out of that one from the bad bearing.
I want to echo what Buddy said. I am a hobbiest, DIY'er. Watching your vids have given me not just more confidence, but more patience. I find myself imitating you while working on something and it makes me laugh. " Clickage...LOUD NOISES....GRAVITY"
Thank you Ray!
20:03 Smart man! Love the family atmosphere.
Who said keeping odd bolts is silly, but you save customers money and get them back on the road
You know Ray I just realized why your vids are so enjoyable for us DIY peeps. The fact that you give the pounds to torque is that little extra you give.
That's the original...CLICK.
@@clbcl5 Original and most satisfying !
So much easier when the bearing is part of a bolt-on hub assembly and not press fit, and the splined axle end slips out with just a little encouragement. My first front bearings replacement was the exact opposite, with one of the knuckles requiring a visit to a shop to have the seized axle pressed out (which I had to take there on a public bus with the entire CV axle because it was my only working car at the time), and the press fit bearings needing a bearing kit and impact wrench to replace. But, great learning experience!
Cool. Everything went smooth as....um...something really smooth.
Just did a wheel bearing on my dad's silverado yesterday. Had to pull the knuckle off. Then, use a sledge hammer to hammer the thing out. Got lucky the race didn't stay in the knuckle
Right off I could tell you know what you’re doing and a real mechanic. I see all these people doing repair videos that don’t know even basic mechanic skills. Good video
Thx Colt 😉
That's a nice little step stool. Very handy to have in the RV.
Wow, cars down there sure look rust-free at 152,000 miles compared to the collection of oxide and frozen fasteners that our cars up here in the north tend to become at around 50,000!
As a brit, can concur...
Rust belt gotta rust. I feel your pain.
street salt got sponsored by the car industry 🥳
@@Snooooozel I'm surprised no clever lawyer has sued the state on behalf of all the customers who's cars were junk after a few years. A lot of Western states have as cold winters with even more snow and they don't use any salt at all.
@@Snooooozel Well it's either the cars will rust out or get totaled by sliding and crashing....
Glad to see a non pain in the butt repair.
Have a great day Ray.
Click.
Nice Job. When the front wheel drive GM vehicles started back in the 80's we had considerable problems telling which front and/or rear bearing hub was bad? I learned if you replaced the left front and it still had the noise, take your old bearing hub from the left front and put it on the right front. This of course did not work if you had two bad bearing hubs. I worked in the brake and suspension department by myself so I found ways to double check my diagnose. I would lift on rack, start engine, turn off traction control and put in drive. Even at idle you can feel in the front coil springs over the front tires and grinding of the bad bearing hub. Not a big job, but details matter. I followed up many jobs where bolts were left loose.
This vid gave me the confidence I'm going to put 4 new I bearing assemblies on my 01 camry (maybe timkins) tyvm rMan
You can do it! Take your time and be careful!
just check. some bearings are press fit into the hub. can't remember off hand if a camry is or not.
Nice that the new bearing assembly solved the broken wheel lug.
Super quick, that was awesome! I soo wish I could have a a rack in my personal garage, it would make my life better. Lol.
I know the concrete slab was built and poured properly, it's 15 inches thick. My grand father did it back in 87-88 and is still in great shape! Great video Ray! You never disappoint!! Have a great day!
I remember the days of having to pack the bearings with grease by hand. Tis looked pretty simple to replace. Thanks for the video.
..... it was very windy a few days ago out here in Texas too.
there was a farmer on the local TV news said it was so bad he had the roof blown off his chicken coop and some of his best hens had laid the same eggs 3 or 4 times.
Saw several saying that bearings should be both changed: with my vehicles, they are usually different ages as they are replaced singly. They seem to go bad at widely varying intervals.
Fla makes it easy, finally got me one of those bolt on hub beaters and now it only takes 10 minutes of beating do break the corrosion bond.
That was horrendous for such a low speed with that bearing lol
Good job it was a hub unit with that broken stud, and handy you had a spare nut.
The left front tyre didn't look too great on it.
Not safe at all. Looked like alot of play. No wonder accidents happen on the road.
Nice work Ray. Don't forget to tell the customer he needs new tires, like now. Wife Unit bringing out some shiny new accessories.
Everybody...stop saying wife unit. Respect.
Have a great day Ray, and family unit.
Although unrelated to some degree, I've slowly been facing the unknown of working on my motorcycle from watching so many nuts, bolts, screws and chunky metal blocks come off and go back on. Moved up from just oil change to air filter and spark plugs (remove fairings, gas tank, squeeze hand into unknown to disconnect all kinds of plugs while still in place...). Soon I'll be changing clutch discs ( 😱 )
I strongly suggest getting some magnetic parts trays to put you nuts and bolts and other small ferrous parts in. You will inevitable end up hitting whatever you put them in and the magnet will prevent them from scattering all over the place. They can also be place on the side of a steel cabinet or other steel object so they are not on the ground which will keep them away from feet, legs, or arms while working.
Watch out for littlest units when backing up strange autos. 😌 Just a general public service announcement. 🎺 🎶
YAY!! Brake Clean Sounds!!! Cheers Brother Ray!
Glad you said you would be lost without Wife Unit, she is such a great addition to your channel 😉
love that fence around your parking lot, wish I had one at my shop, it would be so nice to keep out the rifraf that only take up my time
Hi Ray - I didn’t think you were old enough to know the “Rollin rollin rollin - Rawhide” theme song! I like it though because it takes me back to my childhood watching TV with my dad!
Isn't it Ironic to come home from work and start watching RAY working, LMAO, but i enjoy it, thnx RAY.
Very nice that you think of your customers safety by adding that filth wheel nut
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
That was an awesome bearing replacement video. The hub even came with new,lug nut studs.
Yep, that's how new hub assemblies come...
Love your videos. Before I do my work I watch your work to get pumped up for my work. I learn something from you every video. Thanks Rainman 👍👍
Thanks for the video Ray nicely done 👍✅ All good. Take care of yourself and family and be Blessed and have a great day yourself 😊❤️.
I just did one of these Friday. I
Surprised yours didn't have a abs light. Mine didn't make more than a little noise, but the speed sensor variation set a abs code, which pissed off everyone, it had abs light on, check engine light, service esc, stability light, and for some reason a tpms light. The complaint was that the dash had every light on. Interestingly enough, it was at very close to the same mileage.
Finally an easy peasy job .I was impressed how the rotor wheel studs replaced themselves .
Another good job Ray. 👍 my wife unit is my glue that holds it all together. I love her so much.
Great job Ray u are really busy a good mechanic is never without work
Love to see that "Wife Unit!" It must be great to have one that is as helpful and good looking too! You got it made.
Thanks for doing the slide pins. That should be doe everytime a caliper is touched.
Your attention to detail and constantly going above and beyond is so refreshing. Keep doing what you’re doing dude!
I’m impressed with the dramatic brake part cleaner music good choice
I hope the rear hub on my 99 Toyota is as easy as this one...I am envisioning it fighting coming out. A great video Ray...cool little stool too.
Depends if it is a hub or an axle.
@@johnt.848 It a hub/bearing assy...FWD no ABS.
Been in Florida for a couple days and my lord it's to hot
Job well done Ray nice to see Missu's with a smile your a lucky fella Mate.😇
Its 36c or 96F or 97fF today, hotter yesterday 41c or 106F Central Coast, NSW Australia
Thanks to your videos I have gained the confidence to attempt an air filter change on both the engine and cabin. Due to the age of the car and it being a Volvo, the parts are taking a while to source, but once they’re here it’s a simple job for both because the cabin air filter is actually under the hood with two screws separating me from it, and the engine air filter just has four clips so all I need to do the job is a screwdriver
The informace last word "simple" as nothing that looks simple is often so simple lol, ask Ray, how often has he said " this should be a simple straight forward job" only to find himself deep into a 3 day turn around, lol
Air filters are the gateway drug
This is why I have bought several used Volvos as my second car, they are the devil I know, as opposed to learning some other kind of vehicle. I do almost all of my own wrenching, if I didn't I probably couldn't afford one.
@@Paramount531 In high school I had a friend who was gifted his first car, a Peugeot.
If they were still around, I would prop one of those up against a Volvo for "the Devil" awards.
@@MonkeyJedi99 The Volvo is only a true devil if it had the Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV) V6. My first Volvo, a 4 cyl DL was pretty bad. Others that followed have been great, a 960 and two XC70s.
Good Morning Ray Thumbs Up From New york, Love your videos....
I love how detailed your explanations are in all of your videos. It really shows me every step of the way and if I ever find myself in the position of having a problem like this, I am super confident to ... take it to a shop where experts can do this work.
mad thing is, those are the spare wheels for gm/vauxhall/opel etc, everyone uses them as "modification" wheels, maybe if they were painted they would look nice but standard thry dont lol, great content as always, much love from scotland bud
Always enjoy watching you work, and was great to see you clean the knuckle but you didn’t clean the backing plate which was dirty like the knuckle. Awesome job as always 🤟😎
Yeah I learned the hard way about greasing the caliber pins
I live in Ontario. You would think I would have to jackhammer my wheel bearing out. It was so grenaded, it just fell off after the axle nut was removed. I got lucky on that one
Am waiting for Child Unit to throw drink bottle on floor and yell "ANOTHER"
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19:59 We now refer to short people as "The Vertically Challenged"
These little extra steps Raymond takes like the slide pins is what sets him apart form the vast majority of mechanics.
He didn't have to do that but he cares about what he's doing and the qulity of the job he figured wile he there he do a little preventive maintenance on the brakes, this might cost him doing a brake job on this car sooner, but its also going to make the guys car stop better.
Had he not done this its only a matter of time and the brakes might rub and wear down faster. It also kinda prevents a come back, for still making noises.
Something I never did was lube the slide pins and ive always done my own brake jobs.
I only learned that those were slide pins when watching one of Ray's videos about a year and a half ago.
Which explains why some of my older cars back in the day always seemed to have uneven pad wear...
We didn't get to see you test the right wheel bearing - so good guess! you win! 🙂
Never go short on wheel studs. Bad things can happen. 40 years ago, I was towing a pop up camper with a full sized Pontiac, when a rear wheel decided that four wheel studs weren't enough. The right rear wheel and drum decided to take a vacation into a field, leaving me with three wheels and no brakes (because of the lack of a drum) . I slowly maneuvered myself onto the shoulder of the interstate, and located my wheel and drum. Including the tow, labor, and studs + nuts, I believe that I got out of that situation for around $50, and an hour. (things were cheaper back then)
I've notice on your last two videos you are more focused on your work ,like the Rainman I watched a few years ago before you had even 50K subscribers. Maybe you have less on your mind now and the business is going well ! At any rate I'm liking it and your work in my view is coming back around to flawless.
Got his tax return.
When you are starting your own business in an existing building, there are lots of things that have to be taken into consideration, changed around, and modified before you get everything to where you can do your work the way you need to do it. Being your own boss means you have to think and do everything the boss does and the employee does. Once that is out of the way or mostly out of the way, then you can get back to business as usual.
@@oldtimefarmboy617 What you talking about Willis. I ran a nation wide repair and service business. I had to travel hundreds maybe thousands of miles to the jobsite and do a teardown and haul or ship parts back to myself . Travel back and start repairs and quotes and involve up to 4 other companies for backup. Stay up til 1 or 2 in the morning cleaning huge heat exchangers , Up and at it again by 6 am. Rinse and repeat for a week. Then handle invoices ,travel arraignments. On the road again to assemble the machine and then wait and pray for nearly 60 days or more that the company you just did all this work for is going to pay you ! Yea tell me how it works eh
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I grew up on a farm, in a semi-arid part of the country, and my father was the farmer. Try putting in a years worth of work for something that is sold on an auction basis and then hope the market is willing to pay enough to make you a profit (i. e. take home pay), all the while dealing with a ton of government regulations and restrictions.
I can tell you a lot about how it works, "eh."
@@oldtimefarmboy617 Kind of like putting your house up for collateral on a 150K loan so you can get the 250K worth of parts to put a machine back together and once done the company goes into chapter 11 eh. I doubt you could tell me very much that I haven't already lived through.
Ray you mentioned a cool front coming in, your buddies up North will say that you don’t know what a cool front is. As far as your video👏👏👏👏
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "Purple" isn't compatible with a lot of rubber products, like the boots around the pin. The correct lube is Sil-Glyde. Purple is meant to lube the back of the pads, although I just use antiseize.
AGS Sil-Glyde silicone...the one I have used for years.
Western NYer here. Have only had one new car my almost 50 years of driving. Best thing I've ever done(only recently unfortunately) is buying Southern cars, What a dream to work on, and look at. Like difference between a 25yr old women and a 55yr old one.
I get the joke but I'd take the 55y/o
"My gm is making a noise that sounds like..."
Wheel bearings! The answer is always wheel bearings! Lol.
Good morning Ray! Nice video, made even better by the drop in Wife Unit fly by. Silly me, saw the broken wheel stud and wondered if you were going to replace it as long as you were in that deep. Old School, I forgot the studs come with the bearing assembly. Duh!
Nice job, love the music you listen too!
I've had enough of high winds for now. Here in southern Ohio Saturday night we had 70 mph wind gusts no power for a couple hours and 2 tornadoes touched down
You brought up the power gate so I thought I'd share a cheap power gate option just for the sake of sharing. Use a old garage door opener and mount parallel to the fence. Attach the "lift arm" to a piece of angle iron on the gate. The opener pulls the gate open and closed rather than the traditional up and down. Wireless keypads and remotes work like usual.
There is a company around us that sell these on post frame agricultural buildings with sliding doors. Of course theirs are fancy new units with several safety options.
Here in the rust belt, nothing comes apart that easy and we never put the axle and bearing hub in without never seize.
I'll be doing both of my F-150s hub bearings and vacuum 4WD actuators on Wednesday. Nice to see your video today but I wish I was working on a Florida car instead of Pennsylvania truck! The lack of rust on that car is amazing. Great video as always Ray.
Ray I loved the way when you did not back up into traffic when you saw the car coming. Where I live they would have just pulled out and make you wait or hit you.
Nice easy straightforward job for a change Ray, cool..
It looks as if your new business is thriving, congratulations! Another great video Ray!
I was changing some rear discs (proper description in English lol). and brake pads in the garage (not shop lol) the other day and when spraying the brake cleaner on the hand brake shoes I , for no reason shouted 'BUNK' as I did so, coupled with a 'gravity' when I dropped the 14 mm socket. Two people were looking at me and said "what is wrong with you?". I said Ray on U tube.. BUT, when they were impressed the other day with my re threading of some exhaust studs with a hexagon die (that I didn't know existed until I saw Ray do it and brought one on Ebay)
., So however long you have been in the trade, you can always learn something new
19:03 There is a nail in that tire....
Yeaaa!Timken!
Liking the "short person helper" step stool!
I've owned a lot of cars and only ever had bad hubs on my GM vehicles. I love my Chevy and I'll drive it until the wheels fall off, unfortunately it doesn't take that much effort lol
Potential wheel loss is no fun. I have a Subaru Crosstrek. I have less than 150,000km/90,,000 miles and have replaced three wheel bearings once and one twice. It's seriouly an achilles heel for an otherwise great little car. Previous to that I had a Chevy Aveo. I'll never go back to Chevies after being burned by that death trap. It was great when it was running, but that wasn't frequent.
@@legojenn an aveo is not a real chevy
@@legojenn a coworker mine had the same problem with his Subaru I’m wondering if they are known for that.
@@legojenn I rented one of those when my truck was in for a big repair, what a shitbox!
@@legojenn Picking my Outback up this afternoon. 108K miles, both rear bearings. My mechanic says he sees a number of Subarus at the 100K mark for bearings.
Yepper snapper, great job Ray!!!!
Ha! You are in Bradenton across from the county maintenance facility.. I thought your test ride looked familiar, under 301 to 15th st. I live about 6 miles away. Small world
Nice job re diagnosing the wheel bearing I would be interested in the future hearing the difference between a CV axle that would need replacing. We did hear the wheel bearing. I personally think the sounds are similar but yet there are differences. I hope you might be interested in a video to explore that.
That is a good question.
I suppose that hearing it to localize a wheel is the first step, then lifting the car to manipulate the wheel is the next diag step to nail it to either wheel bearing or CV.
Though perhaps, the pull when breaking is another bearing indicator?
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I am not making absolute statements here, as my job history has been in the hardware side of electronics, not auto repair.
A CV joint will make more of a loud rumble when cornering hard left or right, and not so much in a straight line like a wheel bearing.
@@johnt.848 This is a valuable tip, thanks!
@@MonkeyJedi99
The drive shaft should be tight with no perceptible play between it and the transmission and the wheel. If you hold the wheel still and then twist the CV shaft and you can see movement in the shaft or feel or hear some sort clicking/clunking, then the bearing next to the wheel is worn; and it is the one most likely to be worn. The bearing next to the transmission could be worn as well but far less likely since it stays mostly straight while the one next to the wheel has to accommodate the swiveling of the wheel whenever you make a turn.
A CV joint will usually make clicking sounds when in a turn.
Extremely interested in that old Saab 9-3 on the back of your flatbed! 😁
I wonder if ray offers to give the customers the original parts? Some bad shops will say that they have replaced parts when they haven't..
(Jokingly) My mechanic says he's poor because the only way to get rich in auto repair is to be a bit shady.
I try to watch another machanics, no deal, you are the best
how dare you!