Metal straws are a thing, they are cheap, easy to pack in basically any purse, and reusable. People will jump leaps and bounds through fire to avoid taking responsibility for their own comfort and happiness.
I hate paper straws. I hate the wooden forks and spoons, I hate that feeling, the texture, and taste, I quit buying popsicles because I can't handle the wooden sticks. The whole thing just grosses me out.
I found a jar of Maxwell House Instant Coffee, with a "RED" label on it. No UPC code symbol, no expiration date. Maxwell house has Blue Labels now and has used blue labels and packaging for many, Many, MANY years.
I'm amazed that with over 100k miles you were able to extract the wheel bearings with a slide hammer. Mine were so corroded that it required a 20 ton shop press, heat, and impact with a hammer.
It would have been helpful to show the most important part of this procedure, mainly extracting the wheel bearing. Your presentation of Now-you-see-it, Now-you-don't, is not helpful at all.
As it’s starting to go, it may not be noisy for a mile or so, until it warms up. My daughter has been driving hers for over a year like that. Today, I’m swapping them. I replaced the rears 5 years ago. Detroit axle on eBay have lasted.
Same here. Mine gets louder when it's cold out. I replaced my rears about 5yrs ago as well. I've been driving for a few yrs with it like that. On my older Prius, I had it fixed by Toyota twice. I decided to give up and just let it be since they can't seem to make a lasting wheel bearing. The shit went out again 4 months after it was replaced. Going to see if the bearings on my newer Prius will last.
It's not always necessary to remove the bumper cover. If you're just doing a basic bulb change you can remove the washer reservoir and a couple other screws. If you need to do the ballast or other work this method is easier in many cases just for access. I've swapped bulbs in 15-20 minutes on the passenger side and less than 10 on the driver side.
@@brettduffy1992 I don't know man, just reporting what someone said. I can tell you it took quite a while and Aleve. Those hubs did NOT want to come out of the knuckle.
Toyota charged me 350 per bearing. I don't think it should even be that much so ill do it myself next time. I'm sure it won't take me no more than a couple hrs if that. I've done a few before. 2 fronts on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. and 2 rears on my older Prius.
a b I took it off for 2 reasons. 1, Toyota service manual instructs you to do so and 2, I didn’t want to stress the plastic by pulling it back. It honestly didn’t take much longer to take it off and gave me full access to everything.
@@frankmacino4800 That's insane lol. Toyota charged me 350 for one in the front which is still insane! Damn thing started the same issue about 4 months later. Gonna just do it myself next time. and the part itself is between 50 and 120 bucks. Apparently, oem sucks too. unless they charged me full price for oem and purchased an aftermarket one to put on.
This is way overkill..... totally unnecessary.... I change bulbs on 2004 to 2008 Prius’ all the time with no disassembly at all.... it’s tight but once you understand the process.... takes about 5 mins per side or less
People don't realize how unpleasant some of these jobs can be until they are a few hours or days into it. I always find these calls entertaining. One of the things I have done to get the stubborn hubs off is loosed the bolts in the back and tap the bolts with a hammer to push the hub out. I wouldn't do it unless the new hub I received came with new bolts though.
This is a great video, but this guy makes it look way too easy. I just completed this procedure to replace two headlamps on my 2006 Prius and the experience was not nearly this smooth for me. I ran into several surprise challenges. First, many of the bolts and screw were badly rusted through. I struggled to remove the two Phillips head screws at the top of the bumper assembly as they both would not budge and then stripped very easily. It took a lot of WD40 and various tools to get them out. When I removed the bolts underneath the car holding the skid plate, the clips they were screwed into snapped off of the skid plate by the force (again because they were rusted). Then when removing the headlamp assemblies, I found that on one of them had a plastic piece (that it rests on and is screwed into the car) that was broken in two pieces. I used a plastic epoxy to put it back together. The sealed cap around the headlamp would not turn either -- I eventually heated with a hair dryer and was able to get it to turn with a lot of force. Putting the bumper back on and getting all the clips around it correctly was tricky. I made a trip to the hardware store to buy replacement hardware (to replace rusted/stripped screws) and epoxy. The job took me all afternoon. If you decide to take on this job, expect to run into the same kinds of challenges because your car is also old. Also, you will want to find some way to elevate the front of the car to get easier access underneath (I borrowed ramps from a friend). Finally, since you're going through so much trouble to do this, I strongly suggest you just take the opportunity to replace both headlamps, fog lights and turn signals while you are at it. (I wish I had bought the fog lights to do this, but couldn't wait to buy them -- had to get the car back together to go somewhere!)
Neil Tender for sure, it is a chore. When I did this video the car wasn’t too old so the salt spray hadn’t yet done it’s damage. For me the most difficult part was the big plastic cap on the back. I had to have someone hold the housing while I took all my strength to loosen the cap. (That’s why I don’t think I would have been able to change these with them still in the car like some people say they can) Luckily I have access to a lift, it makes things easier to get to. Glad the video helped.
Thanks for your reply. Yes I too had trouble removing the cap. In fact, I originally had hoped to avoid this big procedure of removing the bumper and instead access the headlamp from the top reaching my hand in (as so many others have been able to do), but when I tried this I could not turn the cap -- it was too tight. In fact, I broke one of the tabs trying. So I resorted to this full procedure. But then even after I removed the bumper and headlamp assembly and had it on the workbench, I still couldn't turn it and actually broke another tab trying. It was starting to feel pretty hopeless. I had to improvise and luckily I figured out that the hair dryer trick actually worked really well. Thanks again for your help -- glad this is done and hope I don't have to do it again!
That plastic weather cap is a killer! After I removed the whole assembly, I prophylactically applied a bit of silicone grease (cannot use petro-based products on rubbers and plastics) to the O-ring so that if I ever have to approach this sucker again, I might have a fighting chance of unscrewing it by hand, LOL. I ended up using a LED conversion kit because I never want to have to do this again; it works great!
That was a smart move! I hope these new headlamps last longer than I have the car :-) Thanks again for the video -- I would never have tried this without it. It saved me $100s.
Thanks for the video, it definitely helped to see how everything goes together. As others have indicated, I was also able to do both (HID) bulbs without removing the bumper, or any wire harnesses (other than the one that connects to the bulb). There's another video where someone swaps one out in 3 minutes. You kinda have to do it by touch, but it works. The dome cover is the most difficult part, but it helps to use a 19mm or 3/4" open-end wrench on the wire harness "nub" to help rotate it. It also helps to practice inserting the old bulb... and to have small hands, lol.
