- New front wheel bearing
- Socket wrench set
- Allen key set
- Hammer
- Pry bar
- Grease
Instructions
1. Remove the wheel
- Loosen the lug nuts slightly.
- Raise the car using a jack and place a jack stand underneath the chassis to support it.
- Remove the lug nuts and pull off the wheel.
2. Remove the brake caliper
- Remove the two Allen head bolts holding the brake caliper to the steering knuckle.
- Lift off the brake caliper and hang it from the frame with a piece of wire or bungee cord. Do not let it hang from the brake line!
3. Remove the brake rotor
- Remove the two screws that hold the brake rotor to the hub.
- Pull off the brake rotor.
4. Remove the hub nut and bearing housing
- Remove the cotter pin and then use a socket wrench to loosen the hub nut.
- Remove the hub nut and the washer behind it.
- Use a pry bar to pry the bearing housing off of the hub.
5. Remove the old bearing
- Use the pry bar to pry the outer race of the old bearing out of the housing.
- Pry out the inner race of the bearing from the hub.
6. Install the new bearing
- Pack the new bearing with grease.
- Place the inner race of the new bearing into the hub.
- Place the outer race of the new bearing into the housing.
- Use a hammer to tap the bearing into place.
7. Reassemble everything
- Reinstall the hub nut.
- Insert a new cotter pin into the hole in the hub nut and hub.
- Reinstall the washer and hub nut.
- Tighten the hub nut.
- Reinstall the brake rotor and the caliper.
- Reinstall the wheel.
- Lower the car off the jack stands and remove the jack.
