I changed both noisy front wheel bearings (plus a spare), without special tools (ie no hydraulic press) and without a sledge hammer! The main tools are an angle grinder, a puller and sockets; strangely the puller and sockets is to both help extract the old bearing and to press the new bearing onto the shaft!!
I saved about €750 on garage charges on a Transit van Mk7 van, which is now much smoother and quieter to drive. More importantly, I've avoided yet another breakdown!!!!!
The principles shown here probably can be applied to any vehicle wheel bearing.
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Timestamps:
00:00 "Ford Transit Wheel Bearing Replacement - The Best Method by Far!" music by Fourplay
00:24 A Noisy Wheel Bearing
00:34 Wheel off and 2 jacks in place for extra safety
00:49 The Wheel Bearing kit to be used for each side of the vehicle
01:36 The Outline Plan of Action
01:56 Safety First notes
02:04 The Outline Plan of Action - continued
02:08 A note on small torx head bolts snapping the torx bits, so bigger replacement torx are better
02:28 The Outline Plan of Action - continued
02:34 Comments on holes in the hub used to remove the wheel bearing torx bolts
02:42 Comment of threaded holes in hub used to remove bearing from the suspension leg housing
02:51 Disconnecting the Track Rod End but maintaining the tracking parameter
03:53 Removing the Brake Caliper, retracting the pistons to keep the pads in place - The easy way!
05:30 Suspending the Outer Brake Caliper to protect the brake hose
05:59 Removing the Inner Brake Caliper
06:22 Problem: Brake Caliper bolt was already rounded off (badly) and exceptionally tight - highly edited to remove swearing and emotional behaviour!
07:18 Selecting a great fitting socket for the Driveshaft/Hub nut removal
08:02 Locking the hub (one method) and removing the Driveshaft nut easily with an extension tube
09:30 Disconnecting the wishbone arms and driveshafts
11:35 Unbolting the Bearing and overcoming difficulty removing the torx bolts through the hub
12:35 The best method for removing the Bearing with HT bolts; No hammering needed!
13:57 A workaround for sloppy 13mm sockets to reduce the risk of rounding off bolt heads
17:42 Removed Bearing is very noisy! (Probably it has lost its grease and has ingressed water)
17:57 The 4 methods for Bearing removal from the Hub (with the angle grinder as the guarantee!)
18:47 Trying the method using long HT bolts similar to when pushing the Bearing from the Suspension leg (see 12:35)
19:59 Trying to pull the Bearing from the Hub with a 3-legged puller which may leave an inner race behind which can then be pulled off individually with the 3-legged puller - The preferred method!
20:17 3-legged puller - The preferred method! Now onto a method using concocted male and female threads, an old bearing and nuts/washers/sockets - if available. This can use an incomplete puller.
22:05 Concocted parts in action on 2 bearings! (Buy Me A Coffee and Subscribe ad)
24:42 A Bearing inner race is often left behind on the Hub Shaft. Try a puller otherwise use the Angle Grinder / Hammer / Pipegrips or similar (with care not to damage the Hub Shaft bearing surface)
27:02 Pushing the New Bearing onto the Hub Shaft using 'Concocted Parts' again (which may include the main threaded parts of a puller, plus a suitable socket and something strong to cover the Hub Shaft splined` bore but clear the Bearing bore (I used a 'nut' from an angle grinder).
29:50 The chilled Hub
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