WHEEL BEARING REPLACEMENT (FRONT)

Front wheel bearing issues can often be determined by loading the wheel that is suspect for the bearing to be bad. By turning the wheel left or right this will place the weight of the vehicle on or off of the suspect side. If the noise increases with load then you must replace that wheel bearing.

STEP 1

Unload the suspension upper control arm by putting blocks or spark plugs between the arm and the car body.

STEP 2

Remove the wheel center cap and remove the outer CV nut

STEP 3

Remove the wheel

STEP 4

Remove the tierod end nut

STEP 5

Remove the 2 upper balljoint bolts and the 2 lower bolts. In some cases these bolts will get welded in the balljoints. If this occurs cut the bolt heads and nut ends off and pull out the bolt and replace with new ones

STEP 6

Remove the brake caliper with handbrake cable (if equipped)

STEP 7

Remove the brake rotor

STEP 8

Remove the steering knuckle (you can now see the bearing

STEP 9

Remove both the inner and outer circlips that hold the bearing in the knuckle

STEP 10

Press the bearing out using a tool that will fit the OUTER race on the bearing

Be careful when pressing this bearing out. You can get hurt because of the flying parts. In some cases you may have to press on the inner bearing race to force the bearing to come apart