Front wheel bearing replacement Saturn Ion 2004 - 2007

[@clintmcdaniel442]

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!

[@infinigrove]

Glad you found this video helpful :)

[@prashant-nl4yl]

Thank you just did it. Your video helped immensely!

[@Flea02Cruiser]

The torque specified for the 3 bolts that mount the hub to the steering knuckle is 85 foot-pounds [at least according to my research].

[@infinigrove]

thanks, good to know

[@MikeSmith-cn6ub]

You only need a c clamp if your putting pads on. If you don't mess with the position of the caliper it will go right back on there. These guys should know that. And not using a torch wrench you could tighten it to much and damage it or not enough abd it fall off. So when they call to torch it to a certain spec. It's not always because it has to be tight but so that you don't over tighten it like with something that spins or moves you could over tighten it to where it won't spin and even if it does spin over tightening could make it fail sooner

[@hudsonriverlee]

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

[@bwholladay]

Thank you for taking time to make this video!

[@bwholladay]

Just finished replacing both front bearing hub assemblies! From the quote I was given, I saved about $700 doing both by myself. THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO!

[@infinigrove]

Glad you found this video helpful :)

[@carlschnackel3051]

Great video. It had the detail that us 'noobs' need to get the job done. Saved me a ton of money.

[@mikecarguru6666]

The 3 bolts that holds hub on my 2004 is 13mm and 15 for brake bracket.

[@crazyDHsquirrel]

Very helpful and conscise! Thank you!

[@infinigrove]

Your welcome :)

[@johndarrow1995]

That’s a half baked way of checking for a bed wheel bearing

[@enriquecarmona6498]

Emergency brakes grip the rear wheels only not the front.

[@tjbsr2]

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.

[@timmturner]

TOM SR B How do you figure, there are torque specs for every bolt on a vehicle but do you torque them all after removal? The bearing housing has equal load on three points of contact, you are incorrect about causing damage. The bolts have loctite on them which keeps them in place after tightening, this is the only thing you should be worried about.

[@ratfink9205]

He means the big 30 mm nut in the center and he's absolutely correct. That nut is vehicle specific and MUST be torqued correctly to manufacturer's specs.

[@evianrave7683]

Definitely important. I impacted my axle nut on and drove it 120 miles and ruined the new bearing. Changed the bearing twice in two days. Not fun

[@robinbarker1329]

2nd vote for properly torquing axle nut. Used an impact after replacing cv shafts and bearing was toast within a few months.

[@bethelanimalhospital1602]

How can we get it off without an impact ?

[@infinigrove]

possibly with a long handle socket wrench and pipe extension for leverage

[@geoffparmenter7006]

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.

[@7mile73]

do you think you can take the hub nut off with a socket wrench instead?

[@infinigrove]

Possibly, however you would probably need a breaker bar or pipe to extend the length of your wrench to get enough leverage to break it loose.

[@bernieschau]

Thanks!!

[@ZA-ob4to]

can you use all the same tools on a Saturn ion 2004 @indigrove

[@infinigrove]

Not sure but I would think that it would be the same. Some of the Saturn Ion's have ABS brakes and that is a different hub.

[@hudsonriverlee]

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.

[@johndeere709]

I used a chisel and went around it

[@ddemier]

Nice video

[@stevewittbrodt]

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

[@brianreinhardt4050]

Hey Karen, make YOUR OWN KZbin channel and show us how to "properly" do it. Insofar as "knowing the rotor", I feel he "knew" it enough to at least manipulate it off of and back on the car. Now, if you were trying to say "he didn't even know what the rotor was called", I direct you to the "beard of remembrance" the man possesses. When you have a beard that color, you have a license to occasionally forget a technical term or two, especially when making an unscripted video for judgemental morons like yourself. The grammatical and punctuation errors in your rant indicates a possible age violation according to KZbin's policies...or at least an intelligence violation. So please, in the future, collaborate your comments with the nearest 6th Grader so you don't make yourself look foolish...again. Have a great day!

[@stevewittbrodt]

@@brianreinhardt4050 lmfao way to reply to a post 3 years later hahaha. my channel is dedicated to drum covers but i know how to work on cars the right way its morons like this guy that think they know how to work on a car, do it wrong and wind up in an accident because something that wasn't installed correctly broke causing my insurance premiums to go up have a good day