THANK YOU!!!! It took me a couple of weeks to gather the tools for the job. I have never used a slide hammer before, nor a wheel bearing kit before, but did that stop me? No! All I did was watch your video and follow it step by step. It was perfect! The wheel bearing itself is just a bunch of ball-bearings! And I did it all by hand. That's right, no impact tools. I got one heck of a workout! Thanks for your precise instructions

Replaced my first wheel bearing using your technique. Worked perfect! Excellent video...clear instruction. Thank you!

Good job - straight forward, no BS and clearly shows how to make it happen when things don't exactly go as expected. Thanks, and you just helped bring my classic 88 back to life.

Been watching this guy for nearly five years now. Probably my favorite mechanic on the Tube. Funny how reserved he was and proper when starting his Tube channel. Now He's a mad man and funny as Hell. He's also the smartest "Wrench " I have viewed in many years. Great family man.

Toyota = Best balljoint design. That lil car will go another 225,000 miles easy-peasy cheazy-wheazy. Nice work again Eric. Stay gold.

Wow, changing a wheel bearing on a Corolla is a lot more complicated than I thought. Thanks a lot for the video, it was very helpful.

Absolutely great video -- thank you for this. I've done a number of front and rear wheel bearings but only on older vehicles with non-sealed assemblies. Man, this job is much more difficult!

Man!! I like your easy going attitude. That definitely makes problem solving way easier. Thanks for the video.

One of the best real video repairs I've seen! A lot of great information from your experiences. I really appreciate your hot tips and tricks, and you kept it simple to view.. Thank you.

By the way thanks for the video. It's good to watch a few of them because there are several ways to do the same job with different tools. I love the way you don't edit out the parts that give you difficulty, because that is keeping it real. Also I live in Canada near the NY border, so I know what you mean when you talk about the rust on our car parts when you live in a cold climate and salt on the roads by the truckload. Lol, cheers

Good job explaining how to do this job. Was a little lost at first looking at the spindle. Your ideas worked out perfectly

I can't believe how easy you make this look!!! Just another day at the office huh... Learn a lot watching you my friend, thank you for sharing you're knowledge...

I really like the way how you work and how you fix cars congratulations you're a great mechanic , this is one of my favorite channels you're a very organized and clean mechanic !

Hey thanks for the video. After watching it I ordered cheaper version of the hub tamer from Amazon and bought an Outer Tie rod Puller from Princess Auto here in Canada and got ready to work. I already had a slde hammer to use as you demonstarted so everything went entremely well. With our weather and the amount of salt they use on the roads here in Nova Scoti I knew that the retaining clip would be a challenge, so I took the steering knuckle right off the car to allow better soaking with penetrating oil and easier access with a small chisel to tap the and allow the oil to work (i had lots of time lol) and after about 30 minutes I was able to get the clip out in one piece. When I showed my friend where the wheel bearing was in the steering knuckle and was explaining the different parts of the steering knuckle I discovered that the lowered Ball Joint boot was ripped so a quick trip to the parts store and it was easily replaced while everything was appart. Thanks so much for this video it made my life so much easier!

Nicely done, sir! I'm about to embark on the two front be arings on my 2005 Toyota Matrix. I've studied your video, watching it about five times, and I think I'm convinced I should go and grab a slide hammer instead of trying to pull the hub with just a hub puller. I'm fairly confident I can get this done right thanks to your video.

Thank you for the video. Always nice to get a walkthrough before diving in. Using a ratchet strap was a nice idea. Regarding the snap ring. My son’s car was extremely rusty. This is what worked best for me with the snap ring. Grab a 3/8 by 8” long chisel, get a bite on the corner of the snap ring and smack it toward the ring gap. You will feel the ring unseat from the groove. Then have a second person get ready to place a sturdy 1/4 inch wide regular screw driver in the gap while you place the chisel back in place and smack it again. Once the screwdriver slips in simply pry a corner up and gently work it out of the groove. Also, nice to see a calm mechanic. The best ones usually are.

Best instructional video of auto repair on KZfaq. Great job. Thanks

Great video, by the way. I saw yours first and thought it was good. Then I saw some other videos on this topic and thought yours was fabulous by comparison.

I know this video is 4 (plus) years old, but GREAT info with the hub removal via slide hammer as well as how to leverage the Hub Tamer. Mr. O., keep it up; yo.'re helping a lot of us out there with your tips and tricks.

Eric, I love your channel. there are a lot of good auto repair on You Tube but you rank among the top for a few reasons. If nothing else you live in a salt state. I did the rear wheel bearings on my 2003 corolla, the You Tube video I watched was from someone in a dry state the job was fast and. easy. Long story a little longer, it was a minor nightmare and yes a air hammer was involved. After working on rusted junks for+ 40 years I feel your pain. Keep em coming, at 62 years old I'm not to old to learn something and learned a lot from you, thanks

You are now presented with "the golden screwdriver" award for your service to industry and severe abuse to the poor screwdriver.Great video with a well rounded discussion on the pros and cons of getting the job done efficiently.Did I say that?

i remember the first time i've replace a pressed one bearing,it was on a 08 Mazda Tribute got it on the third try, at 35 canadian pesos a pieces it was quite expensive but i was working in a street corner low budget used car dealership,did have a shop press but no proper driver or cup to use, i'm glad to be in a shop with the proper equipement,the right tool for the right job hahhah

Probably the best Video I have seen on the whole Internet. Great Job man, thanks a Million.

You are good, very calm during work, always have positive attitude and little funny. It’s good to watch your clip. Thanks for the tips

Very informative! I always remove the knuckle and do it in a press but this looks just as easy if not easier! Thanks for the video.

Thank you for the video. This is just what I needed to get this job done.Looking forward to the timing belt replacement video for a 2002 Avalon.

Man I think I need a bearing for my 14 Honda, looked up your shop to realize your 300 miles west lol! Will have to do it myself, thanks for all the informative content I am DIYer! I really appreciate how your treat each car like it’s your which is hard to find now days! Keep up the good work

I truly enjoyed your video, talents, and sense of humor. Also, being a mechanic for 40 plus years has taught me the value of safety glasses and hearing protection ......hint, hint : ) Keep up the good work !!

Five years ago I changed my front wheel bearings on my 06 Corolla with a Mac bearing remover kit and it took forever! I would suggest using the kit you have! Great video!

24:30 I use an old set of large 45 deg needle nose pliers that have jaws that are kinda thick and stubby and don't flex at the tips much. Lay the jaws flat to the groove and squeeze the ring with the tips and wedge a pick or pocket screwdriver in the groove behind the ring to pry with if it's really stuck/rusted in. Once it starts moving keep squeezing and lifting under the edges with the screwdriver to help break the rust loose. If you Reeeally need more force take a pair of slip joint pliers and squeeze on the needle nose jaws at the same time. Or you could grind the nibs off those snap ring pliers and square up the outside edges. :P

It took The masterfull toyota till 08 to make a hub/bearing assembly...thanks overated japenese gm..top notch video covers the lack of engineering...EXCELLENT!

Replaced my hub and ball-bearings, could not have done it without this video! Taking 3 nuts off bottom instead of the castle nut was a great tip! Mine was so rusted there was no way it was coming off. Can't thank you enough.

Best pressed-in wheel bearing video I've ever seen. It's easy to understand why the right tools make all the difference. The kit you used has a fine thread center screw, it is so much better than cheaper options that I own. Without a good kit, I'd take the knuckle off and use a press, then need a wheel alignment later.

This is another great video. I agree with the comments on the "other 2 mechanics" on youtube. One just yells and gives short tips and the other just has lost his spark that he had and has become too commercial. I am reminded of Monster Garage with ETCG. IT was a great show until sponsors stepped in to donate parts for the projects then the whole dynamic of the show changed. To me just wasn't as good. You are real my friend! And you are also going to cost me a bundle on new tools!! keep up the excellent work.

Air hammers are rare in my country. Never seen one used before. Going to buy one pronto. Nice, relaxing video. You learn so much watching other people work. Definitely going to watch more of you stuff.

I'm about to do this to my '04 Vibe. As soon as they get here from Rockauto. This is the best video I've seen on here. I wish we had a mechanic around here like you. I'd just have you do it. lol

Dude, you rock. Thanks a ton for posting this.

great job,just one thing, you might want to consider eye protection when using air tools, small fragments of metal in your eye can need a trip to the e r , again great vid very informative.

Scotty... I watch his videos all the time. Yours too, they are fairly entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work

By far the best instructional video I found. The snap ring was as tough or tougher than in your vid. After about a day of hard labor and getting nowhere, I broke down and bought an air hammer! Got it done in an hour after that. Both ends had snapped off. After trying several methods and having no success (this is after getting the ring loose), It occurred to me to use the air hammer chisel to create a diagonal groove on the short side of the ring. The used two screw drivers to compress and extract. I was able to push out all of the bearing except the outer most ring. I found out that taking the entire knuckle off, I could go to Sanels and have them press out the rest of the outer chase and then press the new bearing and spindle. They charged me $35.00. Well worth having them do it than trying to do it my self with inferior press set up. With the guidance of this video and what I learned along the way, I feel confident I could get the other side done in half the time it took me for the first time.

Great video. Yesterday I purchased a 2005 toyota camry 6 banger that needs new front bearings at 75,000 miles. Do not think I can do this myself. Called your shop and was told the bookings are weeks out. Very happy for you.

There really is one tool you always seem to miss, YOUR SAFETY GLASSES !!!!! Those snap rings can go flying "as you said" they sometimes don't go to the other side of the shop but end up in your face, I know. Your a young guy, with a beautiful wife, and great kids i'm sure you'll want to watch grow up. Hard to do with a snap ring in the eye! So please take it from a dumb-ass like me , and all my old shop teachers out there everywhere, PUT ON YOUR SAFETY GLASSES!!!. And another great video, thanks.

Thanks to your video I was able to change the wheel bearing on a 2003 Toyota Celica. I had to invest in some new tools, but now I'll be ready for the next wheel bearing. We own two Celicas and 4 additional vehicles. So I have a lot to maintain. Thanks again and God bless.

I am a retired Honda Motorcycle Dealer (60's through the 80's ) that ran the Service and still enjoy fixing my own stuff. I also have 3 adult boys that I have taught how to maintain and trouble shoot they're own equipment and telling them that over a lifetime the tens of thousands of dollars they can save and prevent somebody from taking advantage of them. Any way the gentleman that did this video (Dave I believe) is hands down the best I've seen. His demeanor and tips are first class. Good job sir. I drive a corolla so it's very seldom I need to fix anything. Thanks again. Alan

Great video!!!!! I made my own snap ring pliers for the snap ring with the notches. I got some long needle-nose pliers, and cut a little notch in the inside tip of them with a grinder, they work great and have many other applications especially sometimes when it's hard to reach some areas..

That's the fastest way I've ever seen a wheel bearing changed. That tamer kit is no joke and takes the press out of the equation. Only reason I'd ever want to get a press is for wheel bearings. Now I want to get an air compressor even more. You're the real deal. Teach us more. This is friggin great stuff.

Excellent video. Very clear and understandable with great professional 'real world' commentary! The notations about rust and corrosion in the northeast are spot-on. Clearly he's been in the trade a long time and seen it all, but as one of the previous comments noted....have to use the safety glasses (at minimum while air chiseling a hardened snap ring)!

I had to pay to have a wheel bearing replaced three separate times in my Toyota Echo (and one time the steering knuckle broke on the press). Now that I need a new bearing on my Pontiac Vibe, I think I'll cough up the money to get one of these kits. If I had done that before, it would've already paid for itself. I've been subscribed to you for awhile now, thanks for continuing to make such useful videos with enjoyable banter.

I'm sold! I think you need a surcharge on book time for certain repairs if you are located in the "salt belt" "rust belt" regions. Rust just takes more time!

Nice job - well detailed, don't forget your eye protection!

You saved me hundreds and as well as provided me an education! Would never have considered replacing bearings until I saw your video. Watched it many times to figure out the tools I needed and how to go about it. You provided a lot of great points which certainly came up during my job.

This video was perfect. Just finished driver side bearing, and tackling passenger side tomorrow. Good call on the tools, and pulling the bolts off the bottom. Got lucky with the clip, soaked WD40, hammered on the surface of it a bit by hand, and then found a pair of needle nose pliers and flathead screwdriver that did the trick. 10 out of 10

Im a tech myself and I enjoyed seeing that trick at the end where you torqued that axle nut with the screwdriver jammed in the rotor vent. Usually I install the wheel and set it on the ground but even then you dont always have access to the nut easily, ill have to try that thanks!

I don't want to spend your money but you may want to look into the OTC hub grappler upgrade to your hub tamer. It is $127 with free shipping on Amazon. It pulls the center hub out of the bearing a lot easier than a slide hammer. It comes with the OTC redesigned forcing screw and nut which supposedly lasts 5x longer than the old one. (I thought I heard you may need a new forcing screw anyway). I bought the hub grappler upgrade kit and a HF hub bearing puller kit (which is a clone of your hub tamer) and couldn't be happier. I just work in my home shop so the HF part is holding up just fine.

8 years ago you still the man. Blast from the past 👍

I bought the OTC Hub Tamer with the grappling arm and it work like a charm no slid hammer needed. Thanks for your Video you are great!!

I just replaced the front wheel bearings on my wife's 2005 Toyota Avalon. That was fun!

I see everybody loves Scotty. Cheers for him! :)

Wow, you're a real mechanic!! Seriously, learned a little something, press smesss, good stuff man. I'm expecting a call from my mechanic tomorrow, first time using him , I anticipate that they will want to replace the entie assembly dust shield and all. They will probably say, those are pressed in bearings .... and I will try to behave, I don't have the capability. Nice work, great video, love it when it doesn't go exactly the way you imagined, and it makes the cut because the recovery was magnificent sir!

Eric, just wanted to thank you again for these videos. 5 years ago I asked you (below) about doing the same thing on my 2009 Sienna. I chickened out then and had it done at a shop that didn't have a press and they were upfront saying that it might not last because they didn't press it in. Well 5 years later at 224K miles the same bearing needed to be replaced. I bought a wheel bearing kit from HF and ordered the bearing and hub and did it myself last week following the same process you used here. Was a little difficult the get the bearing out but the rest went well and I saved about $200 over buying the entire assembly. Thanks for posting these, they really do help!

This job was a whole lot harder with a HF jack press. it also doesn't help that I don't have any of those rings or cups to push the bearing. took me about 4 hours.

Man the owner of that shop "mrs O" should make youwear your PPE more often!! HaHa nice vid thanks!

First KZfaq Comment! Sir, you are a master! As an ex ASE wrench I applaud your skills! I know first hand what you go through and you held your composure very well. Kudos! I'm not doing my wheel bearing myself. Probably get rid of the car as so many shops can't do this stuff like you did. They press on the bearing and not the race and the thing goes belly up not long after.Appreciate the video!

Your video really helped me with a 2006 Pontiac Vibe (same as Corolla and Matrix). I did add a little heat to the knuckle while pressing out the old bearing. Also took my time with the retaining clip.

I'm an airline mechanic, and I use "the screwdriver" on snap- rings too. The tool of choice!

"Wow, I should prolly park this and not drive it type sound" lol rofl

Hey thanks for this video! I have done one of these, but had a mech. engineer helping me and he knew all the things to do. It's been a while and I had forgotten lots of it. You are entertaining (looks at camera with silly face) and get right to work without a bunch of the nonsense other people put in their videos. Thanks!

Great way on breaking down bearing replacement process. I feel confident that I'll be able to tackle this project. Thanks for the detailed instruction and humor.. I have a 05 Sienna that seems to have a lot of play on both front wheels. Hopefully this will fix it..

I have at times, even if I brake the tabs off, I will drill 2 new Holes and still is my snap ring pliers. Sometimes it works great, other not so much. But most of the time it works great and save me a lot time and cussing flurries.

You need Lock Ring Pliers for those type of rings. Your will find a lot of those type of rings in trans and transfer cases. Yeah can get a pair of them at Advanced or Oriellys for about $20. Normally have Red handles. GearWrench - Lock-Ring Pliers Part # 2534 Line: KDT

love your channel up till 3.00 am watching all vidios live in florida moved from Chicago oooo know the rust you saved me time and money on my 2002 camry thanks ...

appreciate the clear video and simple instructions. Used this to change my rotors on 08 Corolla. looked like I needed to take off the axel nut to remove the rotors, but after looking at this video, I saw that the rotors needed some persuasion. After that they came right off!

Love my hub tamer the updated kit has a better hub puller than the older design, still faster to use a slide hammer though;) glad I am in the south I hate rust

You should look into OTC hub grappler that shit work great I mean greatttt!!

Safety squints engaged...Man I feel sorry for you guys up North, Like it's raining under every car. Much respect and as usual great job...

Great job performing the task and explaining the process and principles. Commented to my wife, "I could definitely work with this guy! "

Don't mind me, it's my first day. Ha, ha! And I thought Eric was the most abused tool in the shop?

Hey, I'm stuck on getting the bearing in. I have the same tool as you do, but I go to the point where the impact gun wasn't able to spin the bolt in anymore. I was trying to take off the entire assembly to have it pressed but those bolts are way too tight and I ended up breaking the bolt. Any advice?

Thanks mate, now then I know what is all about, love your tools, awesome, can't imagine how happy the customer will be.

On your advice Eric, i bought a hub tamer [OTC], regular price $1100.00 +, on sale for $435.00 WooHoo. & the "Hockey Stick". Thanks Again, keep up the great work!!!

I thought for a second in doing this on my own, thank god I saw this video lol

Thanks for the video, it helped a great deal...going to hire someone else to replace the bearings. :)

Second time I subsribe to a KZfaq channel. Found the bearing replacement very instructive. Il'l try that way for my next week end job. Usually I just let go that type of pressed bearing job since I got hurt with the shop press, still have steel particules inside, but I will give it a try with that tool, looks like a safe way to go. I will get the hub tamer tool this week. Thanks

Used your advice to replace both my front wheel bearings on my vibe since it's litterly the same car just a hatchback, shit wasn't easy since I'm still a tech in training but nothing broke and my ride is reliable again thanks a ton!!

YOUR ONE COOL DUDE

the car washes over your way should include a setting for "undercarriage oil bath"...

I'm surprised to see you using bailing wire to hold the caliper. I saved a couple of the retaining hooks that keep strut cartridges compressed in their boxes as caliper hangars. New subscriber. Keep up the good work.

I knew I was going to have to replace the front bearings on my Toyota, so after watching this I knew exactly what to expect when I dug into it. Couldn't find a hub tamer in town so I had a local mechanic press the bearings for me, but it was still pretty painless, and saved a bundle over having it done at a shop or dealership.

I'm 4 yrs late to this party. what I've learned is: when the bearing goes to shit, replace the entire knuckle as a unit... gotcha. nice kilmer reference.

Why do you say that the wheel bearing will only last a couple of years? Are all the aftermarket ones junk?

Really enjoyed this one Dr. O! Congrats on passing the 1K mark! Please continue to do these kind of videos even when you reach 1 million...and you will! Please don't " just talk about stuff ".

I did have the bolts out. A buddy at welded some lines on inside of bearing and as it cooled it loosened it up and he got it to come out. It had seized to the aluminum knuckle. All done. Thanks for the video. It was very helpful.

God bless Texas. Rust free zone

Good Lord...I thought I could do this myself... Not in a million years.

Tks for making this. It'll be a big help when I tackle the Camry next week. Good methods.

Thanks for the video you remind me of my mechanic, honest and looking out for your customers.

Hey Eric, why would the wheel bearing make the break sink to the floor?

7:01 Scotty?;)

Great tip on the little tool bearing Eric !!! (If you need any extra snap rings, we have a few sticking in the ceiling :)

Great vid. I bought a HF shop press a few years back just to do a front wheel bearing on my Elantra. I wish I had that tool kit of yours. You are right about the aftermarket bearings maybe lasting a couple of years. I've replaced four of them on the driver's side and one on the passenger side in the last 7 years.