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Replacing Rotors with Tapered Roller Bearings – EricTheCarGuy
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yo Eric i just finished installing my new wheel bearing thanks to you ….i
was installing new ball joints and when it was finally time to tighten the
last nut which was the spindle nut i tightened it real good and when i got
home from work i noticed my dust cap came off the washer with tooth in it
was bent n the bearing was destroyed behind it….ooops!…..haha then i
found your video which helped me put my new one on…..i got an 01 sonoma
just like the one in this vid!…..you rule dude stay funny your vids r
great and have a good one!
good tips eric on the tapered roller bearing I am doing my ford courier ute
it has TRB thanks eric.
I have seen many new hubs on trailers that come with grease on bearings
like shown .
I have also seen many fairly new hubs with grease starved ruined bearings .
I have never seen a bearing fail because of extra grease .
IMO add more grease , a little more , a little more a little more , OK .
Thanks for this. I started to do brakes and rotor on a relative’s GMC van
today and was surprised to see a setup like this. I wasnt confident to
proceed, but now I know what to do. Thanks for all the details and advice..
I miss this design on cars and trucks. Back then, it wouldnt cost you 250$
for a bearing hub assembly, just a few dollars
Thank a lot for your video.I appreciate.sir
God bless you
You need to use high temp. grease for this type of brake/bearing..
where is the outer race of the taper roller bearing
I’m confused about how you backed the caliper piston back, and then didn’t
bleed the breaks once everything was installed.
I would put everything together, then bleed the drivers side, then bleed
the passenger side. I’m concerned your method leaves air in the lines.
good job EricTheCarGuy
this type is still very common in the UK, why you might ask? thats because
one company still uses this on NEW cars, and thats Land rover, all
defenders right back to the 80’s (maybe even back to 1948) still use this
system, and all of the 80s/90s models like discos and range rovers do as
well, so for a 4wd, try a land rover if you can find one :P
Why not buy new roller bearings and be done with it?
Had a friend who almost lost a wheel because his brakes were done wrong,
the front bearing disintegrated and left the wheel barely on, jammed on
less than a cm of the spindle, scary stuff
Isn’t this the same type bearing I will find in my 1972 Charger?
im actually about to change the bearings, brake drums… and shoes. on my
golf 3 (Madame Mystique) and i really like this type of bearings as they
are easy to replace without a big ass hydraulig press. but they dont have a
very long lifespan.
Eric thanks a lot I was huge help. Those brake are almost identical to
mine.
Eric, appreciate the videos but a couple of suggestions.
1. Never use old bearings with new races. If the old bearings were not
preloaded correct, you’ll wear the new races out prematurely
2. Use new cotter pins- that .05 piece is all that is holding the entire
hub assembly on the spindle.
3. I would have emoried smooth that spindle
4. You didnt bleed the brakes- who knows how old that fluid is
5. I put antisieze on the caliper bolt threads
6. No Disc Brake Quiet on the pads?
7. You did not mention seasoning the new pads at all. If you don’t, you
ruined that new set of pads and rotors
awesome vid!!!
hey eric why don’t you do videos on toyota
Very educational. Thanks for making this video.
Need to show how to replace the races in this bearing set up?! With hand
tools if possible).
Do you always use copper based anti-seize?
ok. just saying excellent vid… far too many opinions though… im about
to renew my rotors and pads on my 1973 olds delta 88, same set up as this
vid,, advise i got on renewing my bearings was if they aint broke then dont
replace them just thoroughly clean remove old grease and re pack them even
though i wanted to buy new ones… $8 a bearing ?? not here in the UK…
:-(
worst way to pull the bearing out of the disk.. a bearing is a piece that
is not even supposed to be hit with other metal pièces you want to get then
as clean as possible and to hide them from the dust and other insalubre
things .. you don’t actually want to hit them like that when taking it off
the with the seal wich is supposed to remplaced certainly!
Good
Gotta thank you again Eric. This worked on my 1995 Buick Roadmaster. Did
both sides with little complications and I’m rolling again!
Nice trick with the bolt. Thanks.
Dude you sound like James Hetfeild from Metallica
Now what about if you change the front pads and your ABS light comes on?
Not a bad time to just change out the brake fluid completely. Unlike pads
it doesn’t make noise when it breaks down. On my bike where failure is not
an easily survivable option, it gets changed out in each spring before
going on the road. One year max.
wow your voice has changed a lot
I’d love to be your sidekick, heavy, fallguy- Eric! We’d have a blast-
until you choked me 1 day.
I have did that and replaced the caliber spindle plus bearing I’m still
getting heat and noise. Hanged the brakes also I give up
good job Eric, very good . i never seen tapered roller bearings before ty
alot
Thank you, nice video! Did you transfer the old races to the new rotor? Had
to do that on my old FWD Audi a4, which apparently has tapered rollers in
the rear.
Wish you would of done this with a d44 or d60…
@trekzilladmc Just a piece of old vacuum line, I don’t know the size it
just fits over the bleeder valve is how I sized it up.
Had a question I wonder if you’d answer… I ‘m running a 1990 lincoln mark
vii, and am doing just this same maintenance. When I was lightly coating
the races, I am reusing the rotors, I noticed that I could turn the
outboard race in the rotor with light pressure with my finger… I take it
that this is NOT normal, and was wondering if it was something that needs
immediate attention. I appreciate any help bud.
@EricTheCarGuy No problem I have to admit the grease packers is actually
pretty fascinating to me how that works and gets the grease through the
whole bearing assembly.
Eric, your videos are terrific. I’m the mom of a disabled (adult) child
with health probs of my own. In my spare time, I started watching you a
while back on my phone, computer, or ROKU. Since then, you’ve saved me I
don’t know how much trouble and money. Your concise yet thorough
explanations and good use of a camera are very appreciated!
@13FravelJ Yes
Hey Eric, should you always replace the rotor when you replace your brakes
or just watch the wear on them?
Thanks for your time. Love to see you do the same thing on a Land Cruiser
which had roter with hub set up. Except it has two locking nuts and
figuring out the pre load on the inner lock has been a bit of mystery to
me, as FSM states using a fish scale. Love to have you be my mechanic if
you are near. Thanks
you crack me up
I understand if your doing it for a customer not to replace them if they do
not want them replaced but I would highly recommend it to them. It only
makes sense for no more than it costs.