2005 Toyota 4Runner Front Axle, Wheel Bearing, & Hub Replacement -EricTheCarGuy

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While getting a free tire rotation, Cameraman Brian was told he needed a front wheel bearing on his 2005 Toyota 4Runner. I told him it would make a great video so we brought it into the shop to shoot the video.
This job turned out to be more than I bargained for. I ended up getting quite a work out from swinging my hammers. Yes, I used all my hammers on this job. I also put some miles in chasing the right parts. If you watching this Moog, change your listing for this part as it does NOT include the hub as you have listed in your catalog. In fact, I don't see how you could include the hub without also including the fasteners for the wheel bearing. There's no way to get those in there without separating the hub from the bearing.
Still, we got through it and made this video. Cameraman Brian is now VERY happy with his new wheel bearing, hub, and axle.
As for symptoms, he had an occasional noise when moving from reverse to drive, but that's about it. Like I say in the video, when wheel bearings get quiet, that's when you start to worry. Also, a problem like this does NOT cause a vibration, according to popular belief.
If you decide to do this job yourself, I recommend you get a hub as well as a bearing to avoid all the issues I went through in this video. Also, a shop press would come in very handy for this job.
Camera: Brian Kast
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@MediumHalf 9 лет назад

To me, these struggle videos are the most educational. There's a lot you can learn from the manuals/books, but persevering in the face of one bastard of a job is a real skill in itself.

@supercoupe6288 9 лет назад

i know it looked caveman style but I've seen this done like this before and have done it myself and the bearing held up fine, you have to do with what you have to work with, I own a 20 ton press and things are easier with it, watching this video sure brought back memories. Keep them coming Eric, you rock.

@scottmoser1099 7 лет назад

I appreciate you being real and showing that it can actually be a pain to get off, and not just cutting out all the extra efforts.

@johanneswarn5488 9 лет назад

I'm impressed by your patience, i would get angry and start breaking stuff after like 20 minutes of trying haha. Great informative video as always!

@February54 9 лет назад

Jonka Olofsson There are things you must not get angry at. You can get angry when you mess up spark plug threads, or drill into a coolant jacket. But jobs like this, you just have to keep your head cool and think of ways to get that part off.

@johanneswarn5488 9 лет назад

Yeah, i hate it but i've always had a bad temper and very little patience. It's hard to change but it's absolutely true that patience is important when working on cars!

@Clearanceman2 9 лет назад

Jonka Olofsson He's a professional. This is a semi daily thing in mechanics, most things don't go the way they are supposed to go. And he didn't know about the hub before this or he would have bought one upfront.

@JohnSmith-pp9ot 9 лет назад

Jonka Olofsson I would have poured gas over and inside the Toyota, and set it a blaze.

@Djsndbruxnsbsw 9 лет назад

February im always a little too late

@ItsFriscoBaby 9 лет назад

Thanks for uploading but seriously this was like a tutorial on how not to change a wheel bearing. Even after the disaster of trying to split the old one beating the new one with a hammer is a terrible idea. You need a press.

@041185 2 года назад

This guy just destroyed the new hub and bearing.... Just buy a press or. Buy the hub bearing assembly

@janceifyre Год назад

Lol

@commodore665 9 лет назад

I was waiting for the hammer to break , and was not disappointed .

@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP 9 лет назад

commodore665 (Base should've been inverted)

@chrisE815 6 лет назад

Thanks for showing your struggles Eric. I have some tips for those who wish to replace the front wheel bearing and reuse the hub: Use a vice, or two 6x6 boards and make an opening wider than the bearing assembly. Use two pieces of flat bar steel (something without a lot of flex), place the bearing hub down and wedge the steel between the hub and bearing housing. You can also remove a few lug bolts to gain more clearance. At this point, the bearing housing bolt heads will be resting on the steel bars. Next place the 35mm socket that you used to remove the axle nut and set it against the backside of the hub- the socket is acting as a punch which allows you to evenly apply force to the hub without deforming it. Use a 3lb (or heavier) hand sledge to repeatably strike the socket and eventually you will separate the hub from the bearing. You will then likely need to cut and break one of the inner bearing races off of the hub. I hate to reference one of his videos, but Chris Fix's "How to Change a Wheel Bearing (short and fast version)" shows a similar method for a FWD car. As for pressing the hub into the new bearing assembly, simply use one of the all-thread rod style front wheel bearing kits. This video is entertaining, but sadly, not too helpful.

@d.j.9961 5 лет назад

I know this is a rather old video/4 years old but, I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! I spent many hours aligning a car via the string method & then, after the alignment was Close (within a 1/16th) I decided to rush & change a simple front wheel bearing on a 03 focus. It has spent it's life on the east coast and this particular wheel bearing was original to the car. It actually came apart intact, surprisingly! I spent hours laying on wet concrete, in upper 20 degree weather but, then it warmed up into the lower 30's & started raining for the last 4-5 hours! I do not have a press, or a slide hammer, I resided to using a bushing driver tool & beating it half to death with no avail & finally, I removed the knuckle & brought it indoors, into the vice & within 20 min, I was victorious!!! Then, back out into the rain & freezing weather to use a fwd bearing removal toll/ forcing screw type kit, to remove the bearing & install the new bearing & hub!!! I was in a hurry, Had to get the misses to work & when it was all done, I realized that I made a huge mistake! I forgot to grease the axle shaft before inserting it threw the hub, I cleaned all the old grease off & sprayed it w/brake clean, followed by using a small wire brush to get into the grooves & followed that up with brake clean again & a rag & in all my rush, I forgot to grease the axle so,, It must all come apart again tomorrow when it will be 11-18 degree's,=fun, fun!!! Wonder what joys I would encure if I don't grease the axle spline & leave it alone? RUST!!!

@EminHVAC 9 лет назад

Eric I was dying laughing when that slide hammer broke lmao. Hey brother you need to get a press from harbor fright, they work well.

@bayou077 5 лет назад

Emin HVAC I just read your comment and then he broke it. Lol

@anthonyreddy2834 3 года назад

I did this job like 6 or so times on my Tacoma, one time I thought I bought a whole unit bearing but they sent me 2 parts, I modified my harbor freight pipe bender into a press and pressed out the outer and pressed back in the new parts.

@sheriethomas9931 9 лет назад

I am sure that Eric could have edited the video down to 4 minutes to make it look like everything went just fine.

@NJshadow93 9 лет назад

Hey Eric, for future reference incase you have to do the other side, you can get the full hub/bearing assembly from Blue Pit Bearings. I did this job on my 2006 4Runner in 20 minutes with the full assembly.

@juliosdiy3206 5 лет назад

20 min wow i was thinking at least 2 hours for my 2010 tacoma.

@milfordcivic6755 9 лет назад

Time to invest in a press Eric.

@aaronboodoosingh6187 9 лет назад

I really didn't expect something like this from a guy like you.

@mandroid3219 9 лет назад

Anytime your dealing with anything pressed in, just take it to your local auto machine shop pay them 20$ and have them press it out within seconds. But if you like dealing with those things yourself best of luck. In my experience its never worth the hassle.

@tgoodm1 5 лет назад

Mandroid321 You don't tell a machine shop how much to charge. They charge what they want to charge.

@Justadudeman22 5 лет назад

Fuck you tgoodm1

@Koshunae 5 лет назад

@@tgoodm1 I'm in the process of doing these right now and my local shop literally said $20 to press off and press in. It's literally 10 minutes worth of work for both sides, so it's an easy money job.

@ZADOMAN48 5 лет назад

@@Justadudeman22 -if you have no money no machine shop this explains how to do it try to absorb this.

@juliosdiy3206 5 лет назад

Why isnt Eric using a press fro HbF? I would. And u r right about the 20 bucks who would charge more so for 30 sec of press.

@overlandtennessee3340 7 лет назад

"more days turn out like this, than do not" this is the realest thing I've ever heard someone on RU-vid say.

@vins1521 7 лет назад

YOU have patience pal, now I know why I didn't get in to mechanics for a living.

@Macavellic 9 лет назад

Yeah some days just look like everything's against you... The worst is when you're trying to help friends/family end you end up looking like a shitty helper... Anyway, nice job overall, thank you for your videos.

@MediumHalf 9 лет назад

Haha, yes, nothing like confidently saying "oh yeah I'll help you do the parking brake shoes on your Explorer" and then finding out it's the worst parking brake shoe job you've ever done.

@Clearanceman2 9 лет назад

JaWe Yeah, I'm sure Subaru legacy is close.

@jsmcguireIII 7 лет назад

"Cheap tools cost you money." Truer words have never been said.

@chrisE815 6 лет назад

Pressing in a hub with a hammer will cost you subscribers and customers.

@bookooc5605 5 лет назад

Cheap mechanics with hammers will cost you more.

@February54 9 лет назад

Proper repair video - broken tools and wrong parts haha.

@SweedSleds95 9 лет назад

My favorite episode yet, thanks Eric and Brian!

@saywhat9158 9 лет назад

I think Eric strategically went about this the most crude and difficult way (meaning without specialty tools) so that he could get some manufacturer's to send him a "review" press and wheel bearing extractor tool to use in the future. In his position, it would be foolish to go out and buy these things for himself. ;)

@ericthecarguy 9 лет назад

Cameraman Brian was complaining about a noise from the front end of his 4Runner. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YTS4ke7nViE.html

@zx8401ztv 9 лет назад

EricTheCarGuy On one hand i was sorry for you, but on the other i enjoyed seeing that even you can have a ""Monster pain in the ass day" lol :-D But you beat it, and its all happy agoin :-)

@zx8401ztv 9 лет назад

Peter Barrett LOL nice :-D

@mentaldan666 9 лет назад

just watched the video. you had a heck of a job there EricTheCarGuy !

@aserta 9 лет назад

EricTheCarGuy You need a hydraulic press. Even a shitty HF one would of had saved you all that hammering. There's no substitute for hydraulic force.

@xLoB63x 9 лет назад

EricTheCarGuy hey eric, i understand you want to show us how it can be done with minimum use of professional tools but cant you just put it between the car and lift and use it as a press instead of beating it with a hammer :D

@paulstandaert2042 9 лет назад

Congratulations, Toyota, for making a wheel/hub bearing that is nearly impossible to replace without buying a spindle, too. I ended up removing 2 wheel studs, and using the grinder, cut a slot in the hub assembly in order to be able to slide 2 of the bolts out. I threaded nuts onto those bolts and along with a washer, re-inserted it into the slot that I cut out. I repeated this procedure on the bolt hole on the opposite side. Using the nut/bolts, I backed them off of each other, which effectively pushed the SPINDLE (the round thing is called a spindle, not a hub, or at least that's how I learned it) out of the hub/bearing unit and I was able to re-use the spindle, which was otherwise in good shape. Of course, I had to do some finnagling to remove the inner race of the inner bearing from the spindle, as typical wheel bearing replacement procedure. Pressing the spindle back into the hub/bearing was easy with the press. If you forget to install the bolts, I'm sure that studs can be installed into the knuckle and nuts used to hold the bearing in. Plus, installation may be a bit easier that way, as well. I've only come across a COUPLE small cars, such as the PT Cruiser, Neon, and Geo metro where I could use a hammer to successfully pound out the spindle from the bearing. It has just never worked, despite massive amounts of hammering.

@mbisson5816 5 лет назад

I hate watching car vids where you know the guy took everything apart first. This was the real deal. Thanks for showing it all, even the stuff that doesn't go so smoothly. I started watching it just to see the axle install, but the bearing/hub assembly was very entertaining.

@renzovc 8 лет назад

hahahahahahaha when the slide hammer broke i died

@remodz6385 9 лет назад

"Now we can send the camera man down the road with a new ruined wheel bearing and ruined steering components from smacking them around for 5 hrs. with 5 different hammers."

@OriginalScuddy 9 лет назад

Finally a real job. Was getting tired of tool reviews and watching you clean the contacts in window motors. Glad you didn't edit out your struggles.. and yes time to get a press.

@andye9026 4 года назад

Dude this made me feel so much better about when I work on cars. I feel every time i watch an instructional video everything goes well and the host says “huh normally this is harder but we got lucky.” I’m happy to know that people who know what they’re doing also get their ass kicked some days.

@raterus 9 лет назад

c'mon Eric, Scotty Kilmer's video had that bearing off in 12 seconds!

@cmnemesis 8 лет назад

Eric I watched your video but I hate to say but I noticed you left out the front outer oil seal during the assembly of the wheel bearing. The seal does not come with the wheel bearing assembly, it has to be purchased separately or use the old one which was not possible because you were not able to remove the bearings from the hub/spindle to be able to reuse the old seal. Either way I think Brian the cameraman deserves to know that he is missing the seal on his bearings. Just trying to help Brian out.

@danmartinez9497 6 лет назад

cmnemesis and the oring that keeps all the dirt out... Definitely not the way to do this job. I got over a 100,000 miles out of the bearings on my FJ, only replaced them cause I didn't want them to fail later...but I don't think that this hub assy will get near that with all that hammering...this is a typical Toyota hub not sure why Eric had no idea what he was doing. Also another good practice is to replace both sides so much easier to do both at the same time....

@josephhall6754 5 лет назад

I also noticed he missed the O-ring and outer oil seal. My guess is that wheel bearing was replaced shortly after this video was made.

@AmericasFootprints 8 лет назад

Just wanted to say I found the video extremely useful and just realized I, too, ordered the same part. It was described as a FULL assembly, only to find out it wasn't. Thanks for confirming what I need to ask for tomorrow.

@robhgtc2005 8 лет назад

+EricTheCarGuy, I'm so thankful for all your videos too. They've been huge in my mechanical development over the last few years. Thank you and keep them coming!!

@satamanschmidt3428 9 лет назад

If there ever was as example of why you need a hydraulic press this would be it. When you start wailing on something with a hammer you're doing something wrong. If you haven't got the right tool for the job either get it or have somebody else do it. This was ridiculous.

@paulwicklund1052 9 лет назад

I would have drained and refilled the frt diff for my camera man.

@InternetDude 9 лет назад

Paul Wicklund Agreed. While you're there just do it, it's only a few extra minutes and a few extra bucks.

@ericthecarguy 9 лет назад

dainternetguru Well I guess you didn't see that you'd have to remove the entire shield under the engine to do that. My experience with Toyota trucks is that the fasteners for these shields get pretty messed up by quick lube places. Brian's truck was no exception. In short, that would not be as easy as you might think.

@NamesAA 8 лет назад

+Paul Wicklund I would too but on the bright side that fluid looked great lol

@JodBronson 5 лет назад

Anyone here knows why my Front Differential DOES NOT have a drain plug????

@dewickt 9 лет назад

Did my 86 Taurus several years ago, friend had a 10 ton press that was just able to separate the hub and bearing, also used it to put the new bearing in, made the job so much easier.

@kevinsailsman1741 9 лет назад

Eric I feel your pain with that hub been there with all those struggles. I enjoy your videos for sometime now. Being a mechanic myself for a year or so you give insight. I must say good quality videos with honesty I love to see your moments when you get and what not because its apart of this field. Keep up with the videos

@jdeadman 9 лет назад

Soo I guess it's time for a press

@mikeferrante7341 9 лет назад

hey eric, how come you didnt torque the axle nut? wont that lead to the wheel bearing going again?

@InternetDude 9 лет назад

Mike Ferrante Lazy?

@cherubman3052 9 лет назад

Mike Ferrante The front wheel bearing preload is set by pressing the hub into the bearing. The axle-nut doesn't actually hold the bearing together on the front of these, as the hub spline goes all the way through and the Driveshaft bottoms out against the spline, not the bearing. Torque setting on the axle nut is around 200Nm, so very tight is fine

@MarionBumperTwoBumper 8 лет назад

+cherubman3052, actually that is incorrect. while the initial pressing puts everything together, the CV shaft and CV axle nut are what holds everything together as you drive. I have had NUMEROUS customers who have not torqued their CV nut properly and the hub started to work it's way out. This is why the torque spec on the nut is 173 lbs-ft. "Very tight" is not fine at all. I promise you, I have seen the results.

@Firmani369 5 лет назад

Yes it will ! Yikes lol! Haha

@davidnguyen5028 5 лет назад

This is fun, watching Eric struggle like most of us scrubs. I’m glad he included the footage in the video it was fun watching it.

@mickeytnova 9 лет назад

Wow Eric. You earned it today. Great to see a veteran work up a sweat and develop some shade tree mechanics. Great job man.

@MrWoowootila 9 лет назад

You should always have the needed tools before you start the job. If you don't have them do not start. If you are replacing pressed bearings the minimum needed is a hydraulic press or a pressed bearing remover kit. Eric I enjoy watching your videos and have picked up some good pointers from various videos, but on this video you really beat the hell out of the suv. I question if you damaged the tie rod or ball joint. I understand you try to present in your videos from a DIY prospective with minimum tools, but sometimes you just need to spend the money on the tool needed for the job, find someone who you can borrow it from, or bite the bullet and pay a professional. I do all the work on my vehicles, but I am happy to pay someone to for front end alignments or wheel balancing, because the tools needed are to expensive for me to buy.

@MrWoowootila 9 лет назад

***** Rich, thanks for you input. Good to hear a professional calling him out on this.

@Eastahtata 9 лет назад

***** 1 Yeah very painful to watch knowing people will do the same. You should check out Eric O at South Main Auto, it's cathartic to see someone who knows what they're doing, and cares about doing it right.

@MrWoowootila 9 лет назад

Dan.vaku. I watch Eric O at South Main Auto also and it is a pleasure to watch someone who knows what he is doing. If you have a German Automobile also check out Edgemotors. The guy is has some really good tips on working on German Automobiles and is really has great attention to detail.

@anti0918 9 лет назад

+Johnny Woo Eric at South Main Auto's channel is the best!

@bentech8887 9 лет назад

i see a harbor freight press in your future lol

@personalprivate7422 7 лет назад

Man I absolutely love that you show things the way they really are, most tubers edit out all that hard labor. I was just thinking about trying to remove that bearing keep old hub but now I'll be ordering it all together lol. thank you for this, save me a lot of headache.

@1231234abcab 5 лет назад

I'm sorry I know this is frustrating but I couldnt help but laugh everytime a bolt fell... cant wait to become a pro hahaha 👍🏼

@veeerzes 9 лет назад

Thumbs up for the 60 fps!

@pckuching3374 9 лет назад

You Need A hydrolic pressure press?

@ericthecarguy 9 лет назад

PC KUCHING Agreed.

@pckuching3374 9 лет назад

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@gwaponak 9 лет назад

PC KUCHING I agree with you. put in hydraulic press with bearing separator plate done in 30 min or less

@aintnunbutapenut 9 лет назад

EricTheCarGuy next time use your car lift to make some kind of press, you're smart you can think of something.

@roberturkevich3233 7 лет назад

I am a master tech with 40 years exp have watched many of eric's videos he is an excellent tech this is an example of frustration taking over time to sit down and think been there

@JamesDziezynski 8 лет назад

Great video Eric, thanks for the help. I just replaced the wheel bearing (only) on my 05 4Runner. I got "Moog'd" as well when I ordered what I thought was the full hub / bearing assembly that turned out to be... the bearing. I ended up using an angle grinder to free the bolts from the old hub, then just like you, found a way to mash the new bearing into the new hub. In the end it all worked out, but took a bit of muscle!

@RaduGostian 9 лет назад

Why didn't you try to put the new hub in the freezer before pressing it in the bearing ?

@JohnSmith-pp9ot 9 лет назад

Radu Gostian Or heat up the bearing.

@T2Pogi 8 лет назад

+Radu Gostian That is what my mechanic suggested. Cool the new hub and heat the bearing cavity/housing. also, he advised heating the old bearing outer ring in one spot to loosen it before removal.

@JUDGERAMBO 9 лет назад

Should have went with Toyota parts. I found your efforts hard to watch knowing your a veteran tech.

@2dfx 9 лет назад

JUDGERAMBO You're not really doing any harm with the likes of MOOG or SKF for that matter.

@salvadorebertolone 6 лет назад

The moog bearings ive used have been complete garbage. I have had a pair of front wheel bearings warranteed 3 times in 2 years.

@SilentServiceCode 9 лет назад

finally a good old fashioned ETCG repair video. holy fuck it's about time.

@jbs8659 5 лет назад

Thank you for doing the hard work and thanks to your cameraman and your team doing th editing for this video. 🙏

@wysetech2000 9 лет назад

I guess you need a press for your shop, Eric. We replace a lot of wheel bearings in our shop and find they are all junk and about 50% of them fail within a year but since I started torqueing axles to spec my warranty comebacks are less than half of the other techs in the shop. The other guys have concrete heads and think I'm just an old fart.

@MrWoowootila 9 лет назад

wysetech2000 I have a aviation maintenance background and almost everything is reassembled with a torque wrench. Good to hear a professional calling him out on this.

@PietroEnciu 9 лет назад

Eric, why didn't you use some antiseize lube on the hub-bearing surface? Or on the cv axle splines?

@InternetDude 9 лет назад

Pietro Enciu No shit

@IntenseBlue318 9 лет назад

Pietro Enciu That's a good point. I put grease on my hub last time I had it off. When I went to change it 4 years later, I took the bolts out and it just came right out.

@timwall6916 9 лет назад

+InternetDude or some silicone paste LMFAO

@manofthehour91 9 лет назад

came for the learning, stayed for the frustration

@majorchaos7932 5 лет назад

I love how raw this vid was, not edited, not perfect and don’t like I would have done in my garage lol.. thanks buddy, loved it!

@slewke 6 лет назад

ouch. glad thats not my vehicle. there is an inner seal on the spindle that needs to be replaced. original bearings lasted over 200,000 miles wow. without changing the inner seal the new bearing will not last 30,000. also why bend a skidplate? its only 4 bolts and you have power tools sheesh

@hdj81Vlimited 5 лет назад

yes not replacing a diff sealing from 4$ is plain stupid, espacially with a complete new driveshaft and hub.....

@retroguitarmaster 9 лет назад

hahaha you had to work with owner recording you

@aintnunbutapenut 9 лет назад

Charlie Prince Eric is the owner, Brian is his buddy camera guy

@aintnunbutapenut 9 лет назад

Calm down tough guy

@wenzenuf221 5 лет назад

Poor man. Must have been on tears.

@dwtees 7 лет назад

Eric, the reason I'm searching youtube videos is to get ideas. Nice video by the way. I own an auto repair shop in Houston. I just had to do a 2003 Prerunner front wheel bearing. Earlier this week I did the front bearings on a 2005 Tundra which looks like what you are doing here. The job you are doing I used a very large bearing separator and used my press. The way the hub is made my "OTC hub shark" will not work on the 2003 Prerunner. We ended up getting the bearing out in the press using makeshift parallels which was kind of dangerous. I think you will agree this job is very time consuming and difficult. I found the 2003 much more difficult. All Data gives us commission techs 1.9 hours to do this job on the 2003 Prerunner. It gives 2.5 hours to do the job on the, IMO, easier 4 runner. I feel sorry for a young tech starting out. The times All Data and the other estimating software give these days makes it quite difficult to make a decent living as a technician. I would always advise any young person I meet not to pursue this line of work. A plumber or electrician for example can make much better money and the work is 100 times easier. Some of us are not cut out for college and thats OK. Do anything else. A technician's life is a very hard life and most will always live in poverty.

@MrFenwayfool 8 лет назад

I'm getting ready to replace a front wheel bearing on my BMW 325xi... and you just scared the heck out of me. Thanks, Eric!

@genterousman 9 лет назад

Hammering with it on the truck made me cringe. All that horizontal hammering force being transfered to the ball joints, tie rods and even the strut bearing, that can reduce the lifespan of those parts. I can see doing that if your stuck on the road or trail, but never in a shop setting. Also, I ALWAYS use a new hub. The score marks make for less grip in the bearing. There was no snap ring in that design, so I would have definitely tossed the old hub and bearing in the recycle bin together. If you don't have a press to use, you can take those bits to a machine shop and get it done right for about $30ish bucks in most places. As a mechanic, I adore Toyotas. Changing a heater core in my Camry is a 20 minute job as just one of many examples.

@Jx1x3 9 лет назад

that slide hammer wasnt good because where it came from? maybe if you used the proper tool for the job that wouldnt have happened, that tool wasnt even meant for that hub, you stressed that tool using it like that, it breaks and its harbor freights fault , dont blame the tool blame yourself! good try though

@Blazer02LS 9 лет назад

Was thinking the same thing. Cast iron doesn't like to be bent, torquing the nuts down visibly bent the hub adapter. I was waiting for it to snap. Then blaming the tool for the failure. Nope in this case it wasn't the tools fault. And hammering on a NEW bearing !!! Not in my shop, far to easy to damage a bearing, then you get to repair the repair... You also learned to NOT thank the automaker for making it "easy" before the job is done....

@fisherofmenmatt4194 9 лет назад

That slide hammer sucked stop defending harbor freight lol, I know they are nice for dyi but there is nothing wrong with using an impact against that tool when it is supposed to be designed to have a built in impacting mechanism I highly doubt that the only reason the tool gave was because of improper use I mean it was designed to be hit man lol

@Blazer02LS 9 лет назад

Not defending HF at all. That tool broke because of abuse. First it was not the correct tool for that hub. Then when he was torquing the nuts down you can see the iron start to bend. Cast iron doesn't bend, it cracks and breaks. Then he also uses the two shop rags to increase the impact force, that isn't what that tool was made for. It would be no different if Eric had been using a Snap-On 3/8" ratchet with a 3 foot pipe on the handle and it failed.

@patw52pb1 9 лет назад

Kevin McDougall You should learn some physics and the difference between screw and impact stresses. Everything has limitations, improper use can and does break tools. from experience I can tell you that I loaned an OTC/SPX slide hammer very similar to the one in the video to a coworker and he broke it just like Eric did. I replaced it with a SnapOn unit and he broke it within 20 minutes using it improperly just like Eric did. SnapOn rep reluctantly replaced it under warranty after some grumbling and a lecture. Needless to say, that coworker no longer has tool borrowing privileges.

@fabiocorreia871 9 лет назад

I have been watching this channel for a few years now and i really want to thank you for taking the time to make awesome informative videos. I am a huge fan of your work. From Portugal.

@Nickles916 5 лет назад

Kudos on your patience and keeping your cool my friend! 👍👍👍 That's a real video

@KANATADOMPIZ 9 лет назад

With a press this takes 10 mins

@caleb7mm 6 лет назад

Adam McGee yup!!

@bonton9441 4 года назад

Get the full hub with bearing already installed!! Lol

@Neanderthal75 4 года назад

He said twice that that's what he ordered, but Moog sent him a bearing assembly without a hub. BTW, Moog parts has less than a shadow of itself, their parts are sub-quality and poor reliability lately.,

@jonsidds6963 5 лет назад

Gotta say, I am a decent body man and an even better painter. Been doing it since about 12 for my Pop. Never got into being a mechanic, although he was/ is still a great mechanic. Your video is a step by step on what ever you're working on and you show the fails like the wheel hub assembly. I had ordered mine cause my Pop told me it's a pain to get apart sometimes, glad I saw it. Anyway thanks for breaking it down for us panel beaters and paint chip eaters.

@robhgtc2005 8 лет назад

I feel your pain EricTheCarGuy. I recently had a similar experience with an Acura MDX. It took two slide hammer rentals (ultimately a very large crow bar did the trick of getting the bearing out from the knuckle)and about 6 hours of work to just get the old hub assembly OUT!! Thankfully I already had a FULL Timken HUB and bearing assembly on hand. That was the toughest one I've encountered up til now.

@plastbestikk 9 лет назад

You alredy destroyed the new bearing with that hammering eric.

@Venom5260 4 года назад

armchair mechanic

@plastbestikk 4 года назад

@@Venom5260No im not. I have once taken a course at schaffler group on how to mount different bearings. One of the first thing they said is "never press or hammer the bearing when the forces goes through the roling elements" you get a dent in the race and it might be even worse then the one you replaced. I am glad to discouss with you, but not when you throw shit like that. If you shut your mouth sometimes and open your ears in the future, you might learn a thing or two.

@jakehanneman6956 6 лет назад

Hit it with your purse!

@270wsm140gr 5 лет назад

Haha

@tschuy3923 9 лет назад

Eric as always patience of a saint and perfect example of doing things right! From a terminal brain tumor patient you give me a reason to keep to the battles I deal with each and every day of my life! I love cars and my current project is a rebuilt engine installation. You guys are awesome! And I'm inspired! Awesome team!!!! Cars and my family are the reason I live we'll beyond any ones expectation. Thank you thank you for for helping me live well beyond what doctors have expected. You inspire me!!!! Brian and Eric no others could be better . With great admiration and respect live we'll and wish you alll the best. Eric great lesson here!!! You got to laugh at yourself and let it go. Eric you demo this fantastically!!M Credit to you both for helping me stay the person I am.....

@GodOfKAPOW 9 лет назад

Love the 60fps, pretty much seen all the videos now! love them!

@danielkarlsson608 9 лет назад

That was a complete hack job Eric. Get a hydraulic shop press and stop pounding on parts. Geez. Been a mechanic for that long and still just using a hammer.

@halgoldstein3508 6 лет назад

eric is not educated and not certified ASE auto tech , he needs to attend some kind of automotive training school

@cjoakman7715 5 лет назад

Eric isn't obligated to do these videos. He's showing us how to do things the way we might be able to do them. Does the average person have a press at home? No, they don't. BUT, they might have a slide hammer or can rent one. Showing this done using a press would have been useless. People who own presses already know how to do these things, correct? People like you are why this country is in the shape it is in. How about offering some useful info, instead of hateful rhetoric. It helps nobody and you look like an idiot. I know offering useful knowledge isn't easy and it is much easier to bash somebody, but I bet if you start studying now, by this time next year, you might actually be able to help somebody.

@cjoakman7715 5 лет назад

Hal Goldstein is bad at punctuation and capitalization, therefore he is not certified to judge anyone. Eric is helping people save money by doing their own repairs. What have you ever done to help people Hal Goldstein?

@ZADOMAN48 5 лет назад

His press looked hydraulic to me.

@Va1k1n 9 лет назад

Really don't wanna watch this.. almost 25 years of working with Toyota's.. I've never seen anything like this..

@Venom5260 4 года назад

then don''t watch armchair mechanic

@jstall2586 9 лет назад

Love the video. Reminded me of when I did my buddy's hub's and bearings in class he ordered his parts from rock auto and almost at the finish line and boom.....new drivers side hub was warped -_- looking at it dead on it was oval shaped. Now I put them on the shafts before anything else lol.

@casperw2133 9 лет назад

You are awesome! Always enjoy videos with 4runners especially 4th gen. I'm working on my 4runner by myself. Getting a knowledge from your videos!

@bam6972 9 лет назад

why would Toyota design such a wheel bearing? why a two piece design? wow what a pain in the ass just to change a wheel bearing. the bolts should thread into the wheel bearing not into the knuckle. why Toyota why????

@Clearanceman2 9 лет назад

bam6972 Why would 90s 4 cylinder accords have captive rotors? They design what they design. It's not always repair friendly.

@bam6972 9 лет назад

but it should be. lol ... awell.. it is what it is I guess.

@IntenseBlue318 9 лет назад

bam6972 Who knows why, I'm just glad Dodge didn't design them like that, otherwise I'd have had a hell of a time doing mine a while back rather than it being a 45 min job.

@mandroid3219 9 лет назад

bam6972 Despite all that. Toyota 4runners, specially 3rd gen, are some of the most mechanic friendly vehicles.

@NamesAA 8 лет назад

+bam6972 What do you mean? This is so much better than every other setup, and if/when the bearing totally fails the wheel wont fall off.

@Mortalomena 9 лет назад

This is why I fix my own cars, these kind of hammerheads just trying to bruteforce and end up breaking everything. Dont you have a repair manual? It would clearly state how to do it. Your not a mechanic if you dont have one of the online repair manuals that have almost every car. You should have put the hub in a freezer for some time and heat the bearing assemly gently with a heat gun. Could slide right in, if not, check the manual. You have some good videos on easy jobs, but this requires something more than your hammer.....

@sandeepveeramani 2 года назад

Never seen such an extensive use of a hammer on an automobile :) Great video. Hats off to your patience.

@cheekanuble 9 лет назад

Hey EricTheCarGuy, a trick I saw a colleague at wrk use to get hubs out is : you use the ball pein part of a hammer and hit on the flat surface with another. it's round so it can't really badly damage it and it gives you a bunch a strenght and confidence to hit it ! Just thought I'd share, might help someone

@tirnanogtus 9 лет назад

Hey MAN, This is the most wrong way to replace a front wheel bearing. People, do not do it like this, because you will end up in a car accident. No hammers over a bearing and around it!

@christopherbenfield7848 7 лет назад

Wow good example of doing it wrong

@JonBvideo 7 лет назад

Post a video of doing it "correct"....

@christopherbenfield7848 7 лет назад

No need the part I refer to him doing it wrong is trying to pull the splined hub out of the bearing and housing. Those are an assembly for a reason! To save a few measly dollars instead of buying the hub assembly he is trying to hammer it out. This is a no-go. That was pressed in with a large hydronic ram at the assembly plant. Beating on it or applying a lot of heat can bend, crack the splined housing and misalign the center of the hub. If that part is ten beat back into a new bearing, the side loading on the bearing allows will cause damage and the bearing will destroy itself. Then you will be back doing the same thing again. Spent the extra 20.00 save yourself the headache, buy the whole assembly, replace four bolts and get on with your life, why would you even waste a whole day trying to beat it loose?

@toyotatech2jz814 7 лет назад

Christopher Benfield well put my friend couldn't agree with your more

@chrisE815 6 лет назад

Christopher Benfield It may be surprising to learn that bearings with the hub installed aren't sold at many retailers for this truck. Also, many of the aftermarket hubs appear to be far inferior (thinner material) to OEM. As long as the original hub is in good shape, reuse it. Eric makes this look way harder than it is.

@tgoodm1 5 лет назад

Christopher Benfield You are correct. But Eric set out to do a video on this job and was determined to see it through. Never give up!!!

@madheadmadDAZ 9 лет назад

Man this video was awesome! Thank you for not editing out when things all go tits up was the best thanks again!!! well done for sticking with it too!

@vanlife705 8 лет назад

we just did the front wheel bearings on a 2000, and its got 350 000km on her from northern Ontario. We beat the snot out of it and we needed torches, a press, sledge hammer, air hammer... but we got her! Finally watched a mechanic work for his $$$.. LOL

@v-performance 9 лет назад

Eric this one was disaster...I would delete this murdering video...

@WinchesterWoodWorks 9 лет назад

👍

@saywhat9158 9 лет назад

Heck No! These trouble/problem vids are as educational if not more so to the DIY'er than everything went perfect vids. That's the greatest value of Eric's vids is that he is not ego centric so he doesn't have the need to present himself as being flawless and fake or in street slang, "He's keep'n it real".

@v-performance 9 лет назад

SayWhat? The way he treated the bearing assembly and handled the whole dismantle process...I respect and like the guy but that was purely catastrophic...

@ciscocarrion 9 лет назад

vmeansvelocity Are you a Technician? Any dealership tech or independent tech has run into this. Hubs can sometimes be super easy or a super pain in the ass. All depends doesn't matter if you have all the right tools or factory parts. We have 8 techs at my shop and once it took all 8 of us taking turns on the slide hammer to get a hub off.

@v-performance 9 лет назад

Francisco Carrion Even better - engineer. I own cars and motorcycles and I service them myself. 100$ shop press would handle this in 10 minutes. Like i said, I like and respect Eric but not this time.

@stopdusty420 6 лет назад

Im glad to see a pro like you still runs into walls lmao. Thanks man love you videos big help!!

@timothyandrewnielsen 5 лет назад

Every time I see one of these auto repair videos, I think I should have listened to my Dad and learned about cars when I was younger.

@TJjeeper69 8 лет назад

Damn Eric, you let that 4Runner kick your ass! To make your life a bit easier for next time, a large bearing splitter and a press is really the only way to get the hub separated from the bearing on 4Runners and Tacomas. I do those all the time at the dealer in about 30-40 minutes, and always reuse the old hub. 2 solid hours of flat rate gravy in your bay my friend!

@Wythegoodsense 9 лет назад

I just saw this (July 2015) I must say thanks for having the heart to post it. Its not always easy. tks

@2008solsticegxp 6 лет назад

The hub can be removed from the bearing assembly and put back in more easily with a 20 ton bench press. I ended up getting one myself after trying everything you did Eric and getting no where. Get a press. You'll find its worth its weight in gold.

@TheGasman777 9 лет назад

Hi Eric,great video. Good to see a real video instead of the fake cut ones that make everything look so easy. Keep up the good work,watching from the UK.

@stevejette2329 5 лет назад

WOW. I really like the excellent picture quality, lighting and camera work !!! Sound also is loud and clear, especially the slide hammer ! And you don't try to be the star or a comedian. I am surprised your like to dislike ratio is only 10:1, about average. Clearly this is WAY above average.

@mikesnyder2335 6 лет назад

Thanks for the explanation at the end Eric , these bearings are much easier to install as a unit bearing hub assembly .

@TheTravelerMan 6 лет назад

Thanks for showing us that not all jobs are quick and easy.

@jackmariano5681 5 лет назад

Good job all natural work in the shop

@edgardoamado7008 9 лет назад

Finally a good honest repair video

@projectbode 7 лет назад

At the end of the day, the shop press is what was needed!!

@benjass8552 9 лет назад

I don't think I've ever seen Eric struggle so hard with that bad boy. Normally, you got the simple trick that gets it done. I swear, hardest part of the job is how much the vehicle fights you. Gotta be optimistic though, you're not on jack stands hah.

@thomasazzara5800 3 года назад

It bolts on. Install the entire assembly including the bearing is the way to go. 4 bolts. Had a top mechanic install just the bearing and the amount of banking needed to remove the old bearing is insane.

@hellcat1988 8 лет назад

2 other ways that I've removed bolt in wheel bearings in the past that might have worked here are 1: a slide hammer with a 3 jaw puller. Worked great on the rear bearing I replaced on a 98 Plymouth breeze. 2: Put the wheel back on with washers for proper spacing to keep from bottoming out the lug nuts (the brake rotor can work too, but it can damage the rotor and/or backplate) and use leverage on the wheel, i.e. yanking on it side to side to pull the bearing loose. The puller worked best for me though as it actually took longer to put the tool together than it did to remove the bearing. I try to avoid using a chisel in places like that because you could damage the backing plate. I also don't have any good long sharp chisels that would work on a bearing that big. Lastly, I would LOVE to have a ball joint that easy to deal with! Good job Toyota!!!