Never understand how people give a thumbs down to a well prepared video aimed to help. Thanks man!

Fantastic guide on this, and the extra info on hanging the calipers etc. with notes on how not to do things is even better. It's alway great to know why something shouldn't be done, a lot of guides just assume you know these things.

Yup, gonna have to replace both fronts on my 2010 2.5 I kind of figured that was the noise, as I had had to do it to my 2006 2.5 Jetta as well (sold that one, should have kept it.) Your video portion with the road noise confirmed it for me, thanks.

That trick to grab the strut saved my life with my Mk4 man. I could hear it while driving but could not pinpoint the side. I thought it was tore nosie because I got new tires last night but I guess the old tires masked the noise of the bad bearing. The whole time I thought the easy way was to take the entire knuckle off and replace it. I had no idea you could do this without a press!! Your way is still a bit of a challenge but it's a lot better than replacement of the entire knuckle. Now I just need to get outside and make sure that mine has that same 4 bolt design and I know what I need to fix it. My Jetta is my daily driver and my kid is in the car all the time. I need it to be as safe as possible.

I have to say, you give great detail to this process, good job with your video.

Finally found a clip on accessing those damn 12 pt 12M bolts securing hub to lower member. I would have sworn mine were 11M but there is no such triple square. Thank you. And, thank you again!!!

Definitely helpful for me on my '14 jetta. It's a bit tighter and harder to maneuver the axel around, but I got it done. Thank you for helping me save a few hundred bucks!

I am replacing my wheel bearings on a 2006 jetta 2.5 this weekend. Really appreciate your doing this. Thanks.

Nice job. I bought a 2005 Jetta today 129k and it has grinding sounds in front. This video showed me how the noise is broadcast into car. Now I am sure of the wheel bearings being the issue, as my mechanic told me it more than likely is. He gets car for safety check plus in 2 days. Keep making great videos my friend.

I've been driving MB, BMW and now VW, I never knew about a wheel hanger. Nice job, great vid, good tips, very practical, thanks, Dave.

Thank you for the detailed video and specifications. I watched your video and changed the front wheel bearings on my 2012 VW CC. Your video is spot on. After watching the video, I made sure I had adequate leverage on a few of the bolts that are torqued down. Made the job much smoother ... I am sure.

This is the best bearing desing ever. You can just replace it at home no problem. On my passat B5 unfortunately the bearing is pressed in so that sucks.

Thank you for the great video, I was going back the tire shop for alignment but the tires are 3 months old, the noise its around 40mph, I have a bad bearing

Thanks man!! had no idea what the sound was coming from my car. Read something on a VW facebook page about wheel bearing growling and watched this video. My car has the exact same sound.

Hanger bolt tip. Love it. Bought one, thanks to this video.

Thanks so much. We had a feeling it might be a wheel bearing, I'll be getting my jack out in the morning to find out which one is faulty. The noise is exactly the same!

This video is packed with good information. Thank you.

Learned a few german swear words today. The m12 triple square bolts were a soft metal. Striped 2 of the 4 drivers side. Had to drill em out....yay=).

This was totally awesome video, showing the simplicity of this job. Firestone quoted me $850 for the wheel bearing replacement and $350 for the axle replacement, so $1200. Southern California. Tell me how much Firestone rips off its customers. They tried to blame the noise on the transmission. Does it mean they screwed up on installing the new axle?

Best video I've seen on this! Thanks!

Another good video Chitty, the forum has gone crap since you sold the forum, The TDI Wiki link doesn't work now

The forum post seems to be down. Are the instructions and torque specs available anywhere in writing?

Man I wish I could like this video again

Best presented mech video I've seen. Much respect. Wish I you did vids for Eurovans.

Excellent tutorial and step by step description.

Another option on the bearing bolts is to have the axle in and control arm s as normal and crank the steering wheel to full lock to get at first two and repeat for other side...this gives you less floppy hub and better leverage

Wish you had finished the video demonstrating getting the ball joint bolts back into the lower control arm.

Good video and its good to know whats going on. My t5 has done 300k and its begining to get a bit noise from the wheel bearings. I wont be doing the job my self as iam a useless mechanich person but it pays to understand how it all works. Thank you for the video.

Did you separate the tie rod from the steering knuckle? Great video

just a fyi when setting your jack stand take note of the surface you use round indention would serve better in matching that control arm rounded part to avoid it from slipping .... great video though for the diy

Great Video ! Thanks for sharing this information, i am driving passat 2015 model and facing the roaring sound in front wheel, U R Spot on !

my favorite part was when he said please refer to my website for torque specs and i clicked the link and it took me to a dead end.

Thanks for a great video. Appreciated the handy hints and suggestions.

I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Well done!

Thank you, sir, and greetings from Moldova.

Very good advises man! I wish i had seen your video before i went first time with bearing problem to the service! I didn't have much of experience with this, but i thought the same way when diagnosing the noise. The service guys were idiots!... at least I've expected their incompetence. Thanks a lot for all the videos you share with us! I'm thinking of making such videos my self when i won't find something specific that i need to do. They really do come in handy for a lot of us gear heads :)

Thank you for this video, it was very well done. I checked out your link as you suggested, again very well done. this has help me greatly. Cheers!

Very good and fully of information video lesson. Thank you dude

Thanks a lot for your help man, my Jetta is in great working condition again. feels like new :) I've already subscribed, keep up the good work man.

Whenever you are trying to perform major dismantling of the wheel, please.....and always remember to loosen the adsorber mounting. Else the force and moment due to some bending on the strut during dismantling of the wheel component may cause further damage to the mounting.

What does he mean index the lower control arm bolts so you don’t mess up the alignment ?

Keep making videos. You do it well. Very well explained.

Do you have a video on how to replace the MK4 wheel bearing?

Thanks for the advice here.

I removed the ABS sensor and wirebrushed the hell out of my hubs before treating with rust killer and applying a liberal dose of antiseize. After 190k the old bearings were well rusted in there and a bear to get out. I shouldn't ever have to go in there again, but if I do I'll have an easier time next time.

thanks for posting, M12 , 12 point bolt = triple square

Fantastic advice folks' keep it real

Very thorough video! Well done.

Im just curious, how would this have any effect on the alignment? The lower ball joint bolts into holes not slots, so regardless it would be in the exact same position, would it not?

Thanks! I have a MK4 but this was a good watch regardless

Great video pls keep up the good work

Great video. Can you do the rear of an awd. Possibly a 2010 tiguan. Btw, there are 3 axle bolts, the 12 points come in ribbed or without. The ribbed bolts are the ones with less torque otherwise the none ribbed 12 points is the exact same as the 6 point.

Many thanks.You save me a lot of time.

very helpful video, thanks. All the symptom stuff would apply to most any cars too right?

Why did you not just remove the carrier? No need to remove the caliper and then the carrier?

Well done, buddy.

Hi. Thank u for your great job. Is helping lots of people. I know these boltd comes with different torque specs. Apart from tork spe, does it make any difference to use one or onother bolt? Do they fit the same way in the shaft?

I think my 2012 jettta has this issue, is it common to have it on a car thats only 4 years old?

I have noise when I turn steering to the left with speed of 60kmh I changed both front bearing and no more noise. vw passat 2.0tdi year 2007 B6

Isn't there a danger of damaging the axle (the ball joints) by hitting the end of it? I'm not referring to the mushrooming of the end of the axle, but the damaging of the inner surfaces of the joints.

I started barely noticing that I had the dreaded bad wheel bearing noise coming from my left wheel. It is becoming more noticeable. What I would like to know, and I hope you can give me some advice is, how long can I wait until I need to change the wheel bearings. Can they go out on a 6 hour trip or do they have some life left. They are not as bad as the ones in your video and they do not shake the car yet. Thanks in advance.

if the hub bolts fail the wheel still can't fall off since the outside cv joint is bolted through it- and is much too large to go through the assembly hole. Would jump around a lot though

Excellent… keep going 👍

Well done good sir, thank you.... Does this work on a 2003 audi a6 bi-turbo awd Quattro 2.7t ????

Bravo.... excellent video.

Effing great video man! Thanks!

Some of those VW torque plus angle bolts are next to impossible to tighten down fully. You feel like you are going to break them.

Never heard Of not backing the axle nut off while weight is on it I do it all the time with my two trucks and my wife’s Jetta never hurt anything

removing brake calliper.why just not two main bolts? or u want to make sure that sliders are not stuck? :) aswell u dont like 3/4 ratchet,i got one after similar breaker bar broke with pipe on it.

very good, thank you

Last time I was doing suspension job I had big problems with removing an axle from wheel bearing. What do you recommend to do if it doesn't want to come out of bearing? Hammer didn't help much that time. :(

Mine sounds like a loud whistle when I turn left or right and sometimes while going straight. but it comes from the rear tires. I think my bearings are done.

The bearing on my 2001 1.8T Beetle is completely different than this. Is there any video on different types of bearings?

MYVW Tourage is making a winning noise at the front wheel nearing, a month ago it was hardly noticeable and now it is loud enough to dtect when near a barrier or wall on the highway ( 10 ft away) Am I correct in assuming this is early stages of wheel bearing going Bad???

id suggest using penetrating oil on heavily rusted spots like where that bearing sat on

Is there any reason to not replace the triple square bolts with a conventional metric hex head bolt?

Are there any other reasons to feel vibrations through the strut when you rotate the wheel or is a failed bearing the primary cause?

Hi there , I think you may have mixed-up the wheels when diagnosing which bearing is worn out , if your saying that loading the car to one or the other side of the car would means transferring more weight to that side , I would say the side your steering into would be "loaded". or would have the most weight on it or force exerted on it . but there's always the chance I've forgotten everything I learned in high school physics ?

Awesome thanks for your efforts and sharing your experience with us..found this very useful and interesting

Would this be the same for a 2000 Jetta GLS? I will have to do both my fronts, but I am a bit leery due to information telling me that I will need to pull off the whole knuckle and press out the old bearing and press in the new bearing. Any thoughts?

Is the rear similar process? I have the humming which sounds like the driver side rear, just got new tires and there is still quite a bit of road noise.

I would suggest always doing an alignment anyway, even if you measure the ball joints and what not.. for the small cost it's worth it for the drivability and tyre life :)

The link to the myturbodiesel wiki does not work anymore! I was hoping to get torque specs, socket size of the axle nut, etc. When I click on your link in the description part of the video, I get an error message that says "Oops The Requested Page Could Not Be Found"

What would cause the sound of a rattle that increases in volume with acceleration? Only time I ever heard that noise was when my axle bolts came out and my axle was half off and that rattle sound came up, but my axle bolts are all in now.

I've been getting small vibration at exactly 64 mph but I don't believe there's any bearing noise, I've gotta imagine the bearings are my issue tires and wheels are new. The faster I go, the vibration lessens - if I hit 70 or above and set cruise it's not as as bad if not gone. but 60-64mph it's noticeable.

Great info! I managed to do this myself. One question tho.. does my car now need optics done?

I don’t understand why they use triple square bolts especially behind the hub .

What if the whining noise still there ? What else could be?

the link in the description is no longer good. can someone tell the torque for the hub bolt for the 27mm HEX and the 24 XZN (triple square) ??

Where did you buy the hub from this video? Having a difficult time finding one that’s pressed already.

is this the rear wheel bearing or front? cause I'm trying to look for shops that have the front wheel bearing and hub assembly together cause I don't have to steering knuckle to compress it. any ideas where I can get the? thanks guys

great video.

I don’t think you needed to undo the ball joint bolts though.

i get a humming noise when i turn right, its not connected to the speed of the car and only occurs when the accelerator is not pressed? Any ideas? I can turn the wheels both ways when stationery and hear it loudest. Any help much appreciated :) 99 passat wagon

Thank you for the video, i replaced mines twice in a row, autozone sold me 2 bad wheel hub assemblies, i got my money back and went to advance auto and got a better part with all new hardware, DO NOT buy these from autozone, they both failed after 1 test drive each.

Nice video but that axle stand is playing russian roulette with my eyes! I am glad you subscribe to the old school stick the wheel under for when it falls off the axle stand...

It looked old but was it bad? How could you tell after it was taken out visually I mean thought it was a pressed in ? So it is only bearing holding bearing balls?

Is E24 socket same as 24mm 12 - point?

is it possible to damage wheel bearings from a big pothole , nice video btw

can someone tell me what tool I might need to buy or rent to get the axle bearing off I have a polar similar to what they have but I do not have a cutter to cut the bearing off