BMW Front Wheel Bearing replacment E60/ 5 Series Part 1

Hi viewers, in this video i will show you how easy it is to replace your front wheel hub bearing on your BMW E60 / Series. Enjoy and god bless.

[@paullynch7672]

Fell asleep quarter way through,,,😴👍

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

Thank you for your feedback I will definitely work on that.

[@hipphipphurra77]

Nice illustration of well done job. Just a few comments: - no need to mark the strut, it has a notch and a height stop which fit into the bracket. - no need to remove the strut out of the car, just detach the lower control arms. - no need to remove the wheel sensor. - if you don't own a strut splitter you can use a hex key much better than a chisel or screwdriver. Nevertheless nice informativ video which helped me a lot.

[@lenin2780]

Good video always try to do my own service on the brake rotors and pads

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

thank you

[@alexeyk1349]

Thank you Oscar for this video and viewers for the comments! Using all seen and read information I was able to do this job. As mentioned earlier - break caliper comes off as a whole piece (2 18mm bolts). You don't have to mess with the strut assembly - just drop 2 arms down and one will come off from the top of the hub. AdvAuto Parts didn't have the separator tool, so I used an 8 mm ranch sideways and a flat screw driver which I lightly tapped with a hammer and that did the trick nicely and the wrench and the sdriver stayed in the gap nice and tight while I did the job. Sidenote: make sure you have 2 18 mm and 2 21 mm wrenches (I used one socket and one regular). Good luck!

[@hazlo99]

Just remove the two 17mm bolts and remove the caliper in one piece rather than dismantling the caliper bit by bit.

[@Courageous_Lion]

Absolutely.

[@barrymcmahon4517]

They are 18mm bolts but for sure fuck knows why he would pull them apart like that!

[@joelpelly2054]

Hi how about the quality? I seen ULTRA-POWER from Rockauto 54usd for my bmw 535 xi 2008

[@margaritalachingona1945]

Just drop the trust arm from the car an you dont really need to take the strut out it work for me

[@JMD535]

Good job,..but that's a cheap bearing! WoW! You're right,...it's an easy job,....I did this before on my E28 535is! Edit #1: Good Safety Tips! Edit #2: really,...you had to remove the ENTIRE StRUT to do the wheel bearing replacement! Hmm,...I think not! I will be searching for other vids on this!

[@lenin2780]

How was the new bearing for 39.99 would you recommend it

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

they seem to be holding up so far, its too early to tell, No issues yet

[@myszor81]

Hi Do you have to lift the whole front end or is it enough to lift one side of the car?

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

Good question, either way works just fine. I just find it easy to lift the whole front end

[@kapilapatikiriachchige5169]

How long going to be last those wheel bearing? would recommend use Genuine BMW Part, last long couple of years..

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

Yes ur right, it's been three years and I only drive about 9k miles a year on this bmw. The oem bmw will definitely last longer

[@Jas_jt]

What is minimum and maximum width of that strut splitter tool?

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

I will.email you the pictures of the measurement.

[@stbo84]

What electrical wrench is that you are using?

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

It's an Ingersoll rand w7150, with 1,100 ftlb of.nutbusting torque. Sometimes this tool is too powerfull that it will brake off rusted lug nuts. So be careful if you get your hands on one.

[@stbo84]

It looked superstrong, i need me one of those:)

[@stbo84]

What type is that angle wrench? The one you took the caliper bolts with?

[@lajr.7807]

what is the diagnosis when it is bad,whell bearing, mine after 70 vibrates a lot in front, I already changed,drive shaft,tires ,brake pads rotor, not fixed

[@oscars-autorepair3236]

Hi francisco, try lifting the front tire with a jack and hold the tire on the 9 and 3 o'clock position and try to move the tire back and forth, and than rock it back and forth from the 12 and 6 o'clock position, if their is play your wheels bearing are bad. I hope this helps

[@nathanielmyles4614]

Taking off the strut was not necessary, just drop the hub after removing the bolts on rhe control arm and tie rod, and the hub just comes off.

[@OriginalAntbox]

Same goes for the caliper, just take the entire unit off, one peace. But whatever...

[@jmcqueen261]

Hey Nathaniel, in considering replacing the whole rear hub assembly in my 07 E60. If I understand correctly, I just need to remove the caliper assembly, rotor, and axle nut. Is there anything else major I should be concerned with?

[@user-tb4iw8il3k]

Пару раз ударил по внутренней части диска и не надо мучиться снимать диск

[@Courageous_Lion]

Apparently a rear wheel drive car. Not an X drive.

[@user-tb4iw8il3k]

Сколько лишней работы сделал?!

[@Johnathan_Waters]

"Ratchet" is a noun, not a verb... it's like would you say "scissor that piece of paper?" no, you would say "cut" 😭

[@ts-fam513]

Its called a rachet wrench. A wrench and rachet are completely different. Stick to the books geeko.

[@aam77]

@@ts-fam513 he's not a geek. He just knows English grammar unlike many. He was simply saying, "you say loosen the bolt, not ratchet it" regardless of what type of wrench you're using, a regular or a ratchet. Even gave a perfect example but now we have the perfect example of the thickness of a certain skull.