I wouldn’t even attempt this job without that hub removal tool that you bolt on and whack off. Learned that the hard way. Bolt that tool onto the hub and whack with an 8lb sledge and it’ll be free in minutes.

Thanks for sharing this. I tried it in hot Texas. Same issue. At end, i had to take out entire hub from the suspension, then knocked it out. 6 hours job.

My son and I just did this same job, trying the exact same tricks without success. The only difference was we made a slide hammer (no help) and we finally got it removed by using a bottle jack between a bolt lightly threaded in from behind and a 2x4 we wedged in, supported by the frame. It took us about 7 hours. We watched this when we figured we must be doing something wrong. It was funny to watch everything we just did replayed.

Great job breaking that off the knuckle, very hard to do manually, which you accomplished somehow, someway, pure fortitude really.

Wheel bearings can be hard to diagnose when they are just starting to go bad. The wheel doesn't wiggle, but it will make noise on the road. If you jack it up, and spin the wheels while holding the coil spring, you can feel the bad bearing vibration.

The patience of Job on the job ❤ Blessings from Petrolia, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Under the car with no jack stand, not worth a wheel bearing or the whole car. NEISS estimated that 4,822 people in the U.S. receive hospital emergency treatment in a single year for jack failure injuries

I'm in the NE of the state. aka salt belt states. I have a 2007 OB I need to do my rear soon.

I messed up the dust plate and now have rubbing noise I need to address. No noise when I spin the hub, it's all coming from the rotor. I'm hoping it's not the parking brake that's rubbing because the dust plate is warped. I did use a thin, short pry bar and 3 lbs. mallet to break it lose from the knuckle, then moved to a square shaped chisel held with a set of vice-grips so I didn't mash my hand. Learned a lot from the driver's side for when I go to do the passenger side next. I don't want to have to replace that dust plate though.

Oh man, thank you for the chisel trick! I tried everything before that and nothing worked.

Also you can use those brake caliper bolts to pull that perfectly they're the same size

Beating on it with a sledge while held up in a precarious spot by that cheap jack was an incredible display of sketchiness.

What is the part number of that Wheel hub bearing?

Those hub busters are the ONLY way to go in the rust belt. That was barely rusted from ones I've seen.

32mm

I don’t see Jack stand.

Drive it around new York for 6 months then you will have real rust and you will bring it to a garage you are working on gravy now !😅

I don't see any jack stands? Very dangerous.

Don’t pound with. Your body part.

You do not need to disassemble the e brake shoes.

Don't listen to the jack salesman use a jack stand also!