BMW E90 3 Series Wheel Bearing DIY

In this video we tackle the front wheel bearing on my 2008 BMW 335i When you see the word "affiliate" listed beside any link in my description please know that this is a custom link and I will earn a small commission if you opt to purchase using said link. This is at no extra cost to you so it's a win all around :) Thank you!

[@theRealRobFord]

Used this video to do my front bearings yesterday. That offset is critical!! Fantastic video.

[@Pe3Cee]

Great vid, I honestly thought it'd be more difficult than that but thanks to your vid it's proved to be very simple to do!

[@iamian7226]

Gotta do mine on my e91 (uk) so this was a God send. Thanks for the quality upload and description. Keep em coming bud.

[@BMWTurbo]

Thank you for your clear presentation and comments, the work done on the garage floor.

[@mannyinthebank]

Great video, is it the same part and procedure for a 335xi 2009?

[@torquesteer2657]

Great vid! Can you advise which way the new bearing is meant to be pressed in? The new bearing kit i have has the same colour dust covers either side so i don’t know which side has the encoder in it for the ABS sensor to read. Can you help advise?

[@Jacei9]

Can you please do a video of this in the rear on the e90 wheel bearing

[@adem335i8]

Excellent video. Have you also done a rear bearing?

[@Galileo9.81]

Just did mine on the driver side with the Duralast brand, 1/2 the price. Job itself wasn't that difficult but a bit of muscling, esp that one top bolt that needed the box wrench. Even with the box wrench I couldn't get much room, so I had to be extra extra patient. Once the four bolts were out, it was easier hand tightening.

[@jasonlehr4203]

Right to the point, Very simply explained, Made easily understandable. Hello from Canada man! Thank you.

[@jasonlehr4203]

Just wondering how you found those torquing specs?

[@VehicularDIY]

I believe I found it listed on a forum.

[@matthewweisdorfer7757]

Have you ever taken the brake calipers a part and refurbished them? I am thinking about doing this and while they are a part, having them powder coated, but I am afraid of not being able to get the boot seal back on correctly. I worked on an e46 once and refurbished the calipers; they were a real PITA to get the boot seals back on the piston. Its almost as if you needed a specific tool that was exactly "X" in diameter in order to move the metal ring in the boot seal over the lip.

[@junior2471]

Hey man I know this had nothing to do with the topic but I have a 08 328i and it doesn't come with halos and I've been wanting to get some do you have any recommendations on which ones to get Thank you btw

[@yousefsassya]

Hello again, sir. How is this part holding up on your car? Did you have to replace it or do you hear any grinding yet?

[@jodywooten5511]

Very nice, great video, I'm sure I'll be doing it soon on my 07 e90👍

[@benb1022]

Hey just wondering how s the part holding up?

[@HMKmedia52]

Awesome video needed this

[@dexaxsuper]

it was so easy !!!! thank you !!!

[@simplelangperorock]

I was surprised you took the rotor-screw 1st b4 the caliper? Love your car. No salt from snow.

[@rob8535]

Is this the same process for the rear bearings?

[@parsasalmasy]

How much should I torque the 2 caliber bolts?

[@Paul-oy4oy]

Did the Duralast hub bearings last and still good? I am shopping for them and wondering if they are any good. Thanks!

[@kevinrobins6472]

how would this differ from a Xi ( all wheel drive ) vehicle?

[@zeograz1]

Great channel and vids. How did you/did you (?) torque the bolts to spec with only the offset box wrench access?

[@marcosgonzalez7588]

German spec hehe

[@gregsmith332]

@@marcosgonzalez7588 You mean "redneck specs". German use torque wrenches.

[@MyTurtleCollab]

Just did my left wheel bearing on my E93. Suffice to say after buying a box wrench set I actually did not even use it. A normal 18 mm socket is fine enough for all bolts.

[@johnm-vo9cm]

Hi someone can help me please ( i change left and right bearing on my 535xi 2008 when job done and with road test i feel registance and if i signal flasher to the right but turn left the signal stay not turn off automatically)

[@Jagshemasher]

You have a/c in the garage? Great Video - need to replace mine in my 335d that has just over 160,000 km on it.

[@VehicularDIY]

Jagshemasher Yeah I have a/c in the garage, need it here in Houston.

[@Toobs138]

Should a new wheel hub spin smoothly or have some resistance? Helpful video thanks

[@VehicularDIY]

It should have some resistance from the fresh grease inside.

[@narukio9000]

How did you torque the hard to reach bolts with the torque wrench? Did you use a 3/4 inch swivel extension for that? Other than that, this process looks extremely easy and clean

[@gregsmith332]

He didn't use a torque wrench. He used a breaker bar.

[@RussianAudiFILMS]

Great video man! Nice quality and very informative. Looking to do this to my front driver side wheel on my 2011 328i Coupe, the procedure should be the same for my car I presume...right?

[@VehicularDIY]

RussianAudiFILMS Yes this procedure will be the same on your car. Good luck!

[@RussianAudiFILMS]

Vehicular DIY so I was able to get old bearing off but wondering what did you mean by "torque them down" ? How do you do that by hand? Thanks ahead of time!

[@ZERO-fi8ip]

Seeing it late but you need to use a Torque Wrench.

[@myt2360]

Hi there, I am wondering, whether it is the same process for 2006 325i. Thanks

[@epaminontas6972]

Yep

[@artursstrods4307]

Hi, on BMW F10 is the same procedure changing wheel bearing? Thanks

[@VehicularDIY]

I'm sorry I can't confirm that.

[@EddieKM]

Not a bad job. My problem is my car is 2" off the ground, so getting up on jackstands is the hardest part

[@Galileo9.81]

great vid. one question. how did you torque the bolts that are harder to reach with sockets.

[@lifesmusings]

I have the same Q as well!

[@gregsmith332]

@@lifesmusings You didn't use a torque wrench. You used a breaker bar.

[@herobo123456]

How did you get access with a torque wrench for the back if you needed a offset box wrench to loosen?

[@gregsmith332]

He didn't use a torque wrench. He used a breaker bar.

[@bigmac7228]

My rear has gone on the e90.i take it the rears are more difficult as it holds the drive shafts.is it easier to get a complete bearing kit rather than just the bearing as dont want to strip the whole hub off?? Thanks

[@VehicularDIY]

Yeah it's way more involved on the rear as the hub needs to be pressed out of the bearing. You can still do it at home but it would involve renting a bearing kit and using an impact wrench. It would likely be easier to remove the knuckle from the car.

[@matreyia]

A couple of things I noticed that I would not have done. 1. Using Duralast parts on a BMW. 2. Re-using one time use only bolts to re-assemble the bearing. Other than those things, pretty clear video. Thanks.

[@Galileo9.81]

FAG which seemed to be OE quality made in Germany is selling for 120 shipped. Is FAG that better to justify double the price? I still can spend 240 for a pair but Duralast gives me 120 saving overall. What do you think?

[@n2091m]

Nice pajama pants bro :D

[@ZERO-fi8ip]

I once had the same pajamas. Lol.

[@vasolazovic3670]

Very hard to take the 4 bolts out because of the treadlock at least on my car,but in the end worth it no more noise Would be much easier on the lift

[@darryloertel6559]

New bolts are required due to the 81fps they come with red lock tight and are cheap from BMW

[@EZBR]

Hope you guys are okay and well in Houston :S Hope that beautiful E30 M3 is okay too!!

[@VehicularDIY]

MrEsber Thanks we made it out relatively unscathed. The M3 is fine 👍

[@EZBR]

Vehicular DIY so glad to hear that!

[@anthonythomas4423]

Good video

[@slitherdurant]

Does this go the same for the rears? Also can a bad wheel bearing make a clicking noise?

[@adamaddams]

Hellll no, the rears are much more difficult, it is a press in bearing, to replace is a pain.

[@codwawguy]

How do you fit a torque wrench back in there?! About to take them off but even with the box end it was super shitty to break the bolts, no way I'll be able to get a torque wrench on the top left side one (if looking at the assembly from straight on)

[@VehicularDIY]

Try turning the wheel in the other direction to see if you can find a clear path to the bold.

[@gregsmith332]

He didn't use a torque wrench. He used a breaker bar.

[@Shadowman072]

So my kid curbed his 07 335i. He bent the lower control arm. After changing all the front control arms the test drive produced a droning noise. I checked on some of the forums and they said it’s a wheel hub. I did some looking around for parts and wjb has a hub assembly with the same part number as your Duralast hub. Moog was the same part number as well. I’m assuming they are all made by the same mfg. How has the wheel hub held up? Any issues?

[@VehicularDIY]

Yeah typically they just contract one of the better companies overseas and throw the Duralast name on there. It's been fine, it's held up.

[@Shadowman072]

Vehicular DIY I didn’t know you were a Canadian. I have been watching your video a for about a year now and you mentioned in one video had just moved to the US. I’m in a little town south of Calgary, I’ll bet you aren’t missing the snow and the road salt.

[@juzipaopao]

How’s the Duralast wheel bearing quality? Any issues or noise so far? I’m thinking about replacing the bad bearings on my F30.

[@VehicularDIY]

Ziguang Wang So sar so good, I'll post an update if they start to go.

[@enes19992525]

Ziguang Wang have the same problem on my F30. SKF and TNT are the best manufacturers and i think I'll go with the SKF.

[@p51dgp91]

Enes boss l used SKF rear bearings in my e91 325d earlier this year and covered approx 5000 miles and still quiet as a mouse..👍

[@Galileo9.81]

Just did mine with the duralast. Can't say the long term yet but the install was smooth and it was 1/2 the price.

[@Nguyen2fold]

Hey man did you end up doing your front wheel hub bearings on f30??? How similar was it to this one? Any special tools needed?

[@herobo123456]

Dont need to take the calliper of the rotor just shift it all to one side and sit the whole lot on a brick or something, good vid

[@d.a.r.123]

Knew you were canadian with those motomaster jack stands lol

[@lynxstarautomotive208]

You mean the accent didn’t give it away?

[@ruchb1]

Easy wheel bearings, Easy Valve Covers. Easy Oil Housing Gasket..... But what bright engineer shoved the oil pan all the the way up in the junk of the car.

[@simontist]

They have the engine quite far back in BMWs for weight distribution so all the subframe etc is going to be in the way.

[@towhee7472]

THIS

[@KeithBalante]

Im from Canada too eh

[@mecheng1977]

Looks like a Canadian tire jack stand

[@VehicularDIY]

It is, I used to live in Brampton Ontario.

[@mecheng1977]

Is life better in the USA, how do you like it? I don't live far from B-town

[@kaelanburke2097]

Motomaster 3 pin ;)

[@bp9749]

I was excited watching video ...then *Cries in Xdrive* sigh... not as easy for us with extra axles in the car 😢

[@beamerandthebeast3979]

Lol he said the easiest wheelbearing to do haha never hear that on a 335

[@LMLracing]

Those are a bitch to change u need a impact for easy going