GM - Rear Wheel Bearing / Hub Assembly

Come along with Eric O. at the SMA shop as he goes through the procedure of changing a rear hub assembly / wheel bearing on a 2005 Buick Lacrosse. This vehicle has an ABS speed sensor built into the hub but some however do not. This is a pretty standard procedure for many makes and models of GM vehicles.
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[@417cameron]

I owned and operated my own garage for 10 years, recently sold it and I still watch SMA. My wife says why are you watching that, you already know that, I said you can always learn something. Great channel Eric.

[@steveporter45]

Afirm, Every days a school day

[@miken8150]

How could anyone dislike this video? Perfectly straightforward and informative...what's not to like? Jeez.

[@BeagleFanatic1]

Mr. O your videos have personally saved me over $100 when I watched how to replace the ignition switch on a Chevy Blazer. I don't know what I like more, your liberal use of brake clean, or the sound effect when you show us the can. Keep the great videos coming. I thoroughly enjoy each and every one.

[@billbarker2078]

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[@AM-sq5ut]

Thanks SMA! I'm doing my rear bearing hubs this week (great vacation) on my 2000 Grand Prix. Hopefully it's similar enough. You've also helped me with replacing the water pump on the same car after seeing your video for GM water pump replacement. Which is the first video I watched of SMA and got hooked almost 5 years ago!

[@springsteenguy]

Eric O... Best mechanic on KZbin and he's cranking out a video almost every day.

[@SouthMainAuto]

Trying my best to keep the people happy

[@sidvis7235]

@@SouthMainAuto And doing a great job. Too bad I live so far away. (Western Canada) As a retired mechanic, I'd love to 'chew the fat' . I so respect your skills and attitude!

[@endofthebeginning7648]

Very instructive and done at a pace that suits me. You are very meticulous which I find a rare quality​ nowadays. Keep it up.

[@djjammindave]

This guy is good, but you should watch some of the Chris Fix videos, you also be amused....and learn a few tricks here and there....

[@lorithompson6057]

Break Clean is magical liquid that deserves to be celebrated, which Eric "O" does!

[@callmenortnortin467]

Great video,very helpful, I struggled with removing a rear bearing on my 05 Grand Am last night and failed.Today I'll attack it with the impact as you did. Thanks for this helpful tutorial, its going to make my day go a lot easier.

[@user-lk2zy1dy8m]

*I'm convinced this man never sleeps. Thanks for another video sir!*

[@SouthMainAuto]

Thanks Donny! Trying to make KZbin Great Again!

[@AlexDoesStuff23]

President Donald Trump hi

[@MrKletch]

South Main Auto Repair video is Big League.

[@toroon]

Love it when the inbox says SMA video posted. Love it!

[@garysgarage3669]

You should have a talk show. You are just entertaining to watch. Great video as always.

[@weighit]

Sure enjoy your explaining what your doing. Very informative and you talk like we are right there with you. Great Job as usual

[@jacobfountain8766]

This video is a life saver! I have a blue 2005 lacrosse that has a bad wheel bearing on that side! This will be my go to video for when i do it myself, thank you so much!

[@marcinmorris]

Morning coffie, donut...and another episode of SMA - life is b-e-a-utiful :)

[@tedschmits9874]

Thanks so much for this video. Being from upstate NY the videos I watched on how to replace a rear hub all showed the hub coming out no problem. Your trick to hammer it till it spins did the trick on my rear 2014 upstate impala limited. I would have been stuck without this video.

[@brizzle757]

You are awesome....I've learned so much from your vids. I watch your vids all the time..Your delivery/demeanor is the best....Please keep up the great work....Loving it

[@hammondautollc7809]

Hey, Eric, I like your videos when you're diagnosing problems It helps me think of ways I can find problems. Anybody can turn a wrench and replace parts that why we have so many parts changers.

[@mr.nobody9630]

Good timing Eric O. right before I heading off to work. Big Nasty "Astro 4980" is on beast mode yet again. A + informative content, no coffee yet for me but soon. Thanks for the video

[@AuctioneerElite]

Awesome!!! Thanks a billion for making & posting!!!

[@kevingalarza760]

I love watching Big Nasty get the job done. someone should make a Big Nasty montage.

[@denniswilkinson1118]

Well done Eric. I like the classic reach-around ratchet.

[@michaelroblin1957]

New to your channel, awesome videos! I can't get over the number of hub bearings you have to change. I live in western Canada, it is rare to have a hub bearing go out...mind you, we don't near have the corrosion issues you guys do. I have a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 with 187500 miles, factory hub bearings. Anyway, again really enjoy your videos!

[@AP9311]

Eric O, excellent video. You are great guy as you listen to your subscribers what they ask or comment. That's why you're popular guy! you definitely deserve over a million subscribers. one thing I like to point out that, you remembered things when your subscriber asked : - safety glasses, ear protection. awesome!!! we want you around for years to come! cuz us subscribers love every video you put out!! :) I recently did the rear brake job on Toyota Camry, tough, tough job. brake shoes AND brake pads as well. those were so tiny, hell of a fiddle job! Ugh!

[@wyattoneable]

Excellent. Your one liners crack me up and make my wife wonder what I'm watching.

[@D6Spanky]

Right?! 🤣

[@haywardsautomotive6156]

SMA video on the cruise keeping me sane!

[@SouthMainAuto]

Haha I try my best sir

[@jacobusa4727]

Wow Eric you are up early in the morning didn't know the sun comes up so early I'm in the same time zone its dark here thanks for the chime 😀

[@johnmurphy6366]

Mr O,and brake cleaner,on a Monday,the week is looking up!!!

[@SouthMainAuto]

More to come this week to and I think it gets even better!

[@knight7389]

thank you for the channel Mr.O just made a big purchase from your store and will be making more soon

[@jjscalifornia5086]

Perfect timing. My 2005 Malibu started making rear bearing noises last week. Will try your impact hammer trick to remove them.

[@danielgross7644]

Just had to replace an 09 acadia's rear wheel bearing a couple days ago. No shop or fancy tools, just an air uga duga and ping pinger. It refused to give up the ghost, and was such a painful experience. And to top it off, had the pleasure of the e brake cable and pads to have fun with. 10/10 experience. ^.^

[@iWitness777]

You remind me of a friend I had growing up! Very cool to see... Thx!

[@mikechiodetti6737]

I LIKE BIG NASTY! Great way to loosen the hub assembly! And of course......"Torque To Spec!"

[@GoTechTraining]

You are a video uploading machine! Another great one. Well done Eric!

[@SouthMainAuto]

No time to sleep Mike! The people are demanding their vidoes man so go get busy!

[@TheOverisel]

I like the saying "If I can do it you can do it" but the truth is I cant do it! The videos are awesome though. They make it so I can do more.

[@Rookie_DIY]

Great video Eric. Very informative. Thanks for sharing

[@stefanczechorskidds8435]

Better getting "never seize " on yourself than Blood! It doesn't hurt to think of the next guy either ; as your current videos seem to imply. Am glad to see you wearing the necessary PPE.

[@timtawbush4842]

loved the dramatic entrance of the brake clean at 12:44! 🖒

[@SierraOne]

Never seize never seizes to amaze me :) Good real world demonstration of the advantage of using it. An excellent test environment, the northeast....

[@jimzivny1554]

Good video, when the hub fell out I thought "this is going too easy, similar bad is coming" I've never tried rotating the bearing ask like that but that'll be normal now, thanks.

[@jonsmith3723]

Thanks for this video, it saved me a lot of heartache!

[@jimeckenrode1271]

great video I have an 07 that I need to do the same thing. Looks pretty easy. Thanks for the video

[@allcureman3403]

Great job Eric!

[@Ashroyer86]

Another thorough job. Nice.

[@boydde]

Absolutely cool. Keep em coming

[@steveporter45]

Lol you made that look easy. Every days a school day, first time I’ve seen the air chisel used in this way..... cracking ( no pun intended ) many thanks

[@thebandmcomputer]

Another great video Eric O....and now even the President is watching !!!! :-)

[@VWWRENCHIE]

Eric thanks for the video...you are a true professional and entertaining to watch. Fun fact about the Buick Lacrosse. Here in Canada, they had to call it the Buick Allure....because LACROSSE in French translates to" " self gratification" So GM produced two sets of literature and all those different emblems to keep from offending our French brothers. Even funnier though was that later post 2009 they sell the LACROSSE in Canada. Go figure.

[@scottlambeth5478]

After watching many of your videos I know one thing for absolute certain. I am sure glad I live in Texas where corrosion isn't a problem like it is up North, screw salted roads every damn year.

[@munchball5825]

Thanks a lot for the video.. just saved me 450 at the shop... basically if you can change brakes you can change these Gm hubs

[@testosteroneinc.3800]

Just got the 216QL in from Amazon. Haven't had time to use it. "Big Nasty" will be here next week. 😱 Love this short and to the point video. On a side note, Mr O is only a few uploads away from 400 videos. Eric you should change the channel name to South Main Film Studios ! 😎

[@loiswood1313]

This has been helpful. It will be easier than doing front bearing on my allure

[@patricksaueressig7476]

Great video! I love your commentary. :D

[@siriusjones6719]

Glad to see you are still using all German torque specs, gudentite.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Great job again like always

[@clivefreeman4421]

keep up the good work you are a inspiration keep the good videos coming

[@snap-off5383]

The instructions on my 2011 SRX said to remove the ABS sensor too, but just using my own sense and checking with some measurement I've confirmed that you don't need to at least on that one, it sits right behind the reluctance ring, and won't interfere or be harmed by a wheel hub assembly replacement.

[@melissajohnson9538]

Thanks for doing this video it really helped me 😊

[@ttwwiizzll1]

Great Job! Very Professional and experienced 👏🏾 👌 keep up the good/great work bro😊

[@73superglide62]

WELCOME BACK SMA

[@DependableAutoTruck]

as always good content thanks for going to the trouble to make these videos

[@bobfraley3366]

Good job Mr O

[@melvinsheppard279]

awesome job!!!

[@philby49]

Top work, no hamburger face, no eggs in a basket, but a squirt of the good stuff, sat watching in the rainy UK 40mph winds , eating my evening meal at 7.30 in the evening glass of red, and this, my idea of a great start to an evening, Keep it up Eric O its all good. Dave

[@SouthMainAuto]

Fish and chips i hope :D

[@AP9311]

South Main Auto Repair absolutely yes! if I still lived in England. I would be having fish and chips and beer draft and my smokes and big screen TV with SMA at the Pub. oh yeah :)

[@philby49]

Not this time, that is normally enjoyed with a cup of tea old boy, also chip butties, now you got me hungry again

[@AP9311]

Dave Wade hahaha, and me too!!! haha

[@phillully4472]

Eric, i know this R&R of rear wheel bearing hub was from a while ago but i wonder did you torq the mounting hub bearing bolts to spec? i may have missed that? maybe your impact drive has an adjustable torq range??

[@danielvaldezaguirre]

Who can possibly dislike these vids? Bunch of haters, probably can't even change a tire...if you dont like this stuff go watch Discovery Channel "mechanic" shows. Keep those vids rolling Eric. Kudos for the hard work you put into your video production alongside your REAL mechanic work!

[@SouthMainAuto]

Yeah it is ok, always less than 1% of the thumbs ups :)

[@xplorearizona154]

I love Regals. Ive got a 03 LS. It came with the grand touring package. Full leather, 16 in aluminum wheels, rear spoiler. Gonna drive it til it wont go no more.

[@satamanschmidt3428]

It not really the upper intake manifold that leaks coolant. It's the lower intake manifold gaskets which used a nylon gasket carrier (which is dissolved by Dexcool) that causes the leak. Replace with either the Delco or Fel-Pro lower intake manifold gaskets which have an aluminum carrier design and those fix this problem. The plastic upper intake manifold of the original Series II design had problems with the EGR passage melting. That caused a leak as well. ATP makes a good replacement plastic upper intake manifold.

[@HandyMike78]

Could have played some "ebony ivory" or "black or white" with them gloves!! Another great video thank you sir!

[@mentaldan666]

Well that's my next 16 minutes sorted then 👍🏼

[@serafinsilva1055]

"pulled out too soon" LOL! I've never had that problem.

[@daver681]

Great video, just curious, after you buffed the crud off the opening for the bearing assy. why didn't you clean it off with breakclean

[@johncavanagh3900]

Could be an ad campaign. Eric O covered in never seize, captioned "Never Seize Never Leaves"

[@salvadorgutierrezr5914]

Thank you for the teaching south main auto 🚗 God bless you🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@shaunkiss1518]

Excellent! Can you show us how clean the inside surface where the new hub seats has to be next time? The outside surface can be seen pretty good, it's just the inside.

[@igy5914]

Keep up the good work

[@JLamond219]

Eric O......Great job....

[@DCtaping]

Rainman ray and eric o are both doing the brake clean thadda sound lol good one eric i know things aren't as easy as in florida

[@antonioblocker3292]

That music when that brake can shows up LOL

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@dannymiller2796]

As good as always!

[@alexpagano1000]

Muy buen video good video muy bien explicado

[@gpaine]

Watching Eric clean out that knuckle sounded/looked the dentist picking at my teeth. Lot's of rotary air tools and a reasonable amount of picking out schmoo with a pointy-ended device.

[@user-mg2vl5wb1f]

Very good job

[@DigitalYojimbo]

"pulled out too soon" Eric O. 2017

[@satamanschmidt3428]

Rather doubtful as he has three children.

[@Big_Loo]

@@satamanschmidt3428 that's why he doesn't have 4

[@seoprofitspro8025]

Good video Eric O , I have been watching your videos since you have been on You tube , and would like to say thank you. But the anticipation on your little red project car is killing me, when are we going to see some videos on it. And I know your a busy man with customers cars but was just wondering and keep up the good work brother, you would make a killing and love it down here in Tucson Arizona, no rust and things just fall off in your hands when unbolted. :)

[@satamanschmidt3428]

I've been telling him what you just said for years. The Red Honda will give us some good videos but how about, as Prince would have said: a "Little Red Corvette. baby you're much too fast.

[@BlazerGuy1983]

Hey Eric O. Great videos! Have you ever done a rear axle pinion seal on a 2004 Jeep Liberty? Everyone has convinced me that I can mess up the pre-load on the pinion and not to touch it. Yet it had splattered gear oil all over the place! Thanks

[@lightningsmokerXx]

8:46 - WHAT'S THAT RATTLE? Oooooooh yaaaaaaaa .....THE GOOD STUFF! Fluid Film. Running through withdrawl after the krown video.

[@DarrenCoull]

"Step 1 - remove the tire" , step 2 - Remove the wheel as well ;-) Only kidding Eric, these sort of videos are great - especially helping with the tricks to remove things that have welded themselves together with corrosion.

[@chipofftheoldblock8090]

Yo eric I know you have 2 work lights that there almost the same which 1 of those do you prefer better cause I'm looking to purchase 1 I respect your opinion and thanks for all the great work you do

[@ExtremeRecluse]

I just got my stubby. Never used one before. I use it exclusively except when I need something really snug (axle nut).

[@neutrodyne]

You do a wonderful job on your video and you have a good personality for it. When reinstalling the wheel bearing hub assembly would you see anything wrong with using high temp wheel bearing grease instead of Fluid film on the wheel bearing bracket? This would keep it from corroding and make it easy to remove the wheel bearing assembly in the future if needed. Thanks.

[@roberthoffmann3660]

Great video, hands on I love it!!! Please keep those hands dirty!!! Your the best!!

[@larrybibbey9651]

Hi , nice informative information about rear axels hubs, but I have a little dumb question. Do you work on Buick rendezvous ? More perfect the rear upper hub bushing , how to replace it without a torch? Thanks

[@ekrubab1]

eric i'm surprised nobody pick up on the one thing you didn't do..But i'll let them figure it out on there own ... not going to say .thanks for the vids bud

[@pburrell2678]

Excellent

[@ice44567]

Also, rust and corrosion are interchangeable. Rust just refers to iron oxide, which has the brown/copper color we all know and love. Other metals like Zinc and aluminum corrode with a whitish buildup. All oxidization causes an expansion effect which locks shit together, so it all sucks. Iron metals are porous enough though that the rust can just go through the whole piece over time. Aluminum and zinc corrode at a basically negligible rate after they get their initial coat of patina.

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Where did you get that magnetic work light? That looks like an awesome tool!

[@sweetwilliam49]

I pascribed, I mighta have put some neverending seize on that hub before combobulating it back on with my torsionally correct pewmatic thingy. Couldn't we sell a brake pad replacement job while we were in there? Thanks enjoyed your fix it movie

[@aldonco]

Eric when you were using the die grinders I thought you were a dentist for a minute.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video as always Eric O pretty easy job @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC

[@ykmalachi]

You can use brake clean on stuff other than transmissions? Amazing.