Diagnosing and replacing a hub assembly
Non-ABS. 4 stud. front wheel bearing on a 2007 Saturn Ion. Duralast DL513205 or MOOG 513205. Should be the same for a 2004, 2005, and 2006 Saturn Ion.
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Are there tork specs for the bolts behind the hub and for the axle bolt? Thanks for the video I'm about to attempt this.
So how did you finally get the bearing out without a slide hammer, just beat on it? And you really should torque bolts to spec.
you didn't show torquing the wheel nut. EXTREMELY critical!
The 3 bolts that holds hub on my 2004 is 13mm and 15 for brake bracket.
So if you removed the caliper to change the brake pads, to compress the caliper piston back inside the caliper, you simply take an old pad, turn it around backwards, put up against the piston , use a C Clamp to compress the piston. The old brake pad keeps the C clamp more stable than inserting the clamp into the hollow portion of the piston. An old trick my Dad showed me. Nice video guys, very good audio, very good lighting, no questions as to the process to follow. Changing the First wheel bearing on any vehicle is typically not any fun. I get to do it all over again today to the passenger side. At the old apartment 75 miles away..lol
1 May,2018,,,, I just did this to my 2006 Ion, front driver side. Today, lol… 2 May2018, I am going to attack the passenger side wheel bearing. I sprayed AeroKroil into the bearing hub seam, on the axle nut, grabbed some packed boxes for our apartment move, let the AeroKroil soak in… 20 minutes later the wheel axle nut and bearing popped off with a few blows from a hammer. Luckily nothing extreme.
Lots of amateur mistakes here. For one a chisel and hammer would have broke the hub loose without heat, two never NEVER re install an axle nut with an impact (even says so in the box), third the wheel bearing hub and axle nut have a torque spec and you want to use it. Just wrenching down on them will cause the unit to wear out sooner. Most cars the axle nut is torqued somewhere around 100 ft pds. Just wrenching the bolts and nuts down is a very bad idea. Not to mention this guy didn't even know the rotor
I used a chisel and went around it
Thank you for taking time to make this video!
can you use all the same tools on a Saturn ion 2004 @indigrove
do you think you can take the hub nut off with a socket wrench instead?
Great video help. Saved time and money. I have zero auto mechanic knowledge and made it through this job thanks to the very specific instructions. I now feel confident enough to attempt other minor repair jobs. Thanks!
Emergency brakes grip the rear wheels only not the front.
THERE ARE TORQUE SPECS FOR THE FRONT BEARING AND THEY ARE CRITICAL. NOT TORQUING TO SPECS CAN LEAD TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE BEARING. VERY GOOD VIDEO OTHER THAN THAT.
Very helpful and conscise! Thank you!