This customer came to me because of an ABS light. Turns out that the wheel bearing/hub had failed and the wires for the ABS sensor had been ripped out.
How to Repair a Hub in a Buick Rendezvous
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Thanks for the helpful video. It wasn’t so smooth for me, I had to rent a gear puller and heat the bearing up to remove the hub from the drive shaft. Was really frozen on there!! The mounting bolts took everything I had to get loose also. Always a war for me!
I have that ratchet good tool.
Took me 2 hours to do it the first time I had the problem. Most of it involved trying to get the socket for the axle nut (no power tools were used)
The wheel bearing will get progressively louder overtime with a grounding noise as you go faster, and quieter as you slow down.
Common problem on this vehicle.
This was in my recommended and I was like, “how did the internet know I owned a rendezvous?” O.O lol but anyway great video! ^.^
Our Rendezvous makes these loud whine/grinding noise. Midas says it’s the ABS since the light is on so we’re gonna take it to Midas tomorrow and have it fixed.
Without proper torque on the hub nut it can cause premature failure. Too loose or too tight..
Sound like this Guy no what he is talking about.
Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate this. I wouldn’t have known where to start without it!
Really A Nice Video., the Way He Explains ., Hats Off…..! Waiting for More Videos Like That…!
On the axle nut, aren’t you suppose to torque it to spec or is it acceptable to tighten it your way?
Sounds like a good possibility. Since the ABS sensor is in the hub, the fact that you get grinding, movement and an ABS light is a very string indicator. I’ve never had to replace the hub on the rear of one of these cars, so I can’t comment on how it relates to the front.
If the hub design is the same (3 bolts holding it on), then the procedure should be pretty close — just that you won’t have to remove the axle nut since it’s a FWD car.
That was an excellent write-up (video), Rat. I am getting ready to tackle this same job on my cousin’s Rendezvous tomorrow. Although, we’ll be performing the repairs on the right/real hub assembly. I’m guessing the repairs are quite similar, correct?
He’s had issues with a wheel movement at 10 & 2, a nasty whining noise and a ABS (cel) for quite some time, so I also narrowed it down to the same problem as you’re working with in your video.
Would you agree this may be his problem?
Sure sounds like a bearing to me. Jack up that side of the car so the wheel is off the ground and see if you can wiggle it.
If you can wiggle with your hands at 3 and 9 O’clock, you should look at tie rods. If 12 and 6, look at ball joints. However, if you wiggle at 10 and 4 or 2 and 7, then bearings are definitely bad.
The ABS light coming on really suggests that the bearing has a problem, since the ABS sensor is integral to the bearing on this model.
There is sound like when you move a chair in a hard wood while sitting down for one second after seconds of first accelaration. Sometimes when I step to the break to slow down turning right, I hear the grinding sound but it will disappear when the wheel is straight. The grinding also happening when turning to left but not as often as to the right. Then the ABS light will show. You think it is Hub not the power steering? The fluids are all top up. Thank you for your time answering.
Ed
It was grinding, but the way I diagnosed it was to raise the wheel. Then I was able to wiggle the wheel in all directions. It was clear that the bearing had failed.
Hi, was she having a grinding sound when turning left and right while breaking? Thanks!
Edwin