2011-2019 Ford Explorer Front Hub Bearing Assembly Replacement How-To 

Great video. Your filming, clarity, and editing is excellent, and you get right to the point without a lot of meaningless dribble, but you explain everything very well as you go. Nice job!

Wow best lighting, camera angles, and explanation I’ve seen on a car repair video I’ve seen yet

Best how to video I have watched plenty of light so you can see everything. No B.S. you got all the torque specs no skipping over anything. Thanks.

So far this is the best (quickest and simplest) hub removal I've seen on RU-vid. I use a slide hammer also.

Glad I found this video. My dad and I were trying the bolt and nut method of removing the hub with no real luck. Had to stop early tonight, but hoping to pick up a slide hammer tomorrow and create a smooth finish to the process.

Excellent Video !!! Thankyou...Will be doing mine this weekend :)

Hi and thanks for a very informative video. One note from the workshop manual (2011 Explorer though) - It states that the hub nut (both front and rear wheel hubs) must be tightened before the vehicle is lowered to the ground. Also the torque spec for the wheel hub nut is 258lb-ft (350 Nm).

Thx good video, with your clear no fluff instructions I was able to knock this out in no time.

Thank you for this video 💯💯

Informative, to the point while smoothly getting the job done. T. Y. 👍

Very good not all that hard other than unsticking the hub. Thanks for your videos.

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, GOING TO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE MINE IN THE COMING WEEKS! VERY HELPFUL! THANK YOU

Thank you so much for this video you saved me money and made me feel good that I pulled it off following your steps!

Are the front and rear hubs the same? You made this look too easy. Good job

Excellent work. Hopefully a video coming soon of 2018 Jeep GC alternator replacement.

Great video nice art work too

I have done this job on a GMC truck a half dozen times and the procedure is essentially the same. I now drive a 2018 Ford Explorer XLT and, unfortunately, this procedure doesn't apply. Here's what I found. Everything went smoothly until I had to remove the 4 nuts on the wheel hub. I have a variety of 18 mm sockets; deep well, impact, medium (1/2") and short (3/8") and none will go on these bolts in a straight fashion like those done in the video. There simply isn't all that space around the bolts. Tried and tried but managed to only get one of them to move. I even moved the steering back and forth but there was just no way to get at them with a socket. I sprayed both ends of each bolt with penetrating spray and waited. I managed to loosen one with an 18mm box wrench but when I tried with another it wouldn't budge. So, I used the old leverage trick. I slipped a long pipe over the wrench for better leverage. It was so tight the box end of the box wrench broke off! I've never seen that happen before and these bolts are not rusted. There is virtually no rust on this vehicle mainly because it hasn't been driven much or has it seen any bad winters. The only thing I can come up with is there was either thread lock on the bolts or this particular bolt was cross threaded during initial assembly. I stopped what I was doing, put it all back together and will take it to a pro. Most likely it will require some heat to get those loose.

Really nice video.. thanks man!

Awesome video

Buen video qué momento se volvió t40 y después usastes t30

Thanks for the video. Did the ABS light pop up when you started the car? Mine did. I'm now sure what the mechanic did.

Just curious but why do final torque on the axle nut with the wheels on the ground? Is it just because it’s easier to prevent the assembly from spinning. I usually use a long prybar in between the lugs and the handle against the ground in order to achieve final torque

Having this job done as I type this in our 2015 Ford explorer and got a call telling us the labor cost just went up as they are having a hard time getting the hub bearing off. I tole them to watch your video.. How long of a job should this normally take baring in mind the removal difficulty?

Great freaking video I was able to change both hubs on my 2014 explorer

I have a slight roar noise and the rear hubs were replaced by ford at 100k. I have 190k on the car now and the fronts haven’t been replaced yet. When I originally heard the rear noise you could spin the tires with it off the ground and hear the noise. I cannot hear the noise this time around. I’m just going to replace the fronts this time around. I wouldn’t think the rear failed again just 80k later??

2011 ford explorer I did all the bearing tests and it passed! How do I know it’s a bearing and not tires?

I just did these on my 2013 Explorer. I tried everything to get the off. Nothing worked. Finally, I took the steering knuckle off and used a 20-ton press to get them out. Not fun. Good luck to everyone.

After Changing front wheel bearing now clicky noise is coming from steering wheel when I turn the steering to right side

Yall 😂making easy but yall not show the struggle when the old one is like seal and hard to come out 😂😮😅

I have a question, and man I could sure use some help. We own a 2016 Ford Utility pi and just a week ago, dude ran a stop sign and hit front drive side tire. Disconnected the thing from the axel... its just hanging there. And we're totally not at fault, with dashcam proof for verification. As we wait for our accident report, I'm getting more and more concerned that the IA is going to try and screw us, and then coz we're on the low income side of things, we're gonna have to eat that idiots mistake. AND as I look around to find a replacement, incase the IA renders it totaled, we can't find one for the price we got ours just 4 months ago.... So I'm thinking, what's that whole tire hub thing called? What would I need to do, if I had to tell the IA to screw off, that we will just keep our car and replace everything ourselves? My husband and I, know enough mechanic stuff, between ourselves, that diying maybe come an option for us. Especially if IA trys low balling us. Any help, we would greatly appreciate.

well this isnt canada lmao

oh don't drop the caliper, it will damage the hose.................So, you mean to tell me, that a hose that stands the pressure of 2000psi and stops a 5,500lb vehicle on the dime can be THAT easily damaged?