Replace Rear Hub & Bearing Assembly - Dodge Grand Caravan / Town &Country

In this video I show you how to replace the rear wheel hub in your 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Mainstreet 3.6L 220CI V6 FI VIN: G-ERB-Flex . As always refer to your shop manual for the proper procedure and specs.
Part used in filming:
Moog Hub Assemblies Hub and Bearing Assembly
Part No. 512360

[@0FunInTheSun0]

Dude, you are the man I tried everything on my wheel, hub banging doing this and that the chisel method worked use the chisel, never touching another slide hammer again, chisel for the win!! Always trust the chisel do not underestimate or forget the chisel!!!

[@tomploeg2260]

Who else is watching this video of Mr o in 2022? You come a long way Eric.

[@Steve-mz7np]

2024

[@uglysteve1]

Eric O., it’s 2023 and you are helping me from the past. Thanks, Steve

[@0FunInTheSun0]

The chisel method saves me after a half a day of nonsense in slide hammers, which I will not be using again rock on dude keep these videos coming!!! chisel is the hero!!!!

[@JSimpsondotca]

Just finished replacing both front hub assemblies on my '12 Grand Caravan. First time even thinking about a job this big. Scary stuff. But "If you can do it, I can do it". And I only had to re-watch this video about 8 times. Thank You Eric!!!

[@uenragedbro]

It's only scary the first time, what helps me is counting to three and then jumping into it, whatever it is. Stops me overthinking

[@RickSkorupski]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me. If I lived closer you would get all my repair business. I especially appreciate the comments (obviously learned from experience) on things to watch for. You have saved me from several frustrating mistakes. This is a gift. You didn't have to share your knowledge. I thank you for it.

[@petecowan6548]

I know this is an old video now, but I always watch your vids for the pointers and extras you give. I’m not a trained mechanic, but I’ve worked on my vehicles for over 30 years. More than once, some tidbit you mention has helped. I’m in Ontario, Canada, so fully understand rust. Love all your rust related comments!! Something I started doing for hub removals is an old pipe wrench hooked around the hub face. Works just like the fancy tools on Amazon. Usually a couple “taps” with a mallet and you break that rust. After that, you’re home free!

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you so much for this video! Your video is so clear and easy to see what's going on. This just made me doing this today such a breeze. Thank you! 👍

[@nikocallan6470]

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[@houstonrowan9614]

@Niko Callan yup, I have been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :D

[@samuelbane6743]

I always wonder how any idiot could give your videos a thumb down... They are awesome videos! They are informative, thorough and enjoyable to watch... Keep posting!

[@SouthMainAuto]

Bahh we get lots of them :) Takes all kinds to make the world go round

[@johngrant9241]

Thank you for making a video that talked about and showed all the steps ....even the simple ones... and for creating a video that was in focus and well-lit and you could see what's going on... and for explaining all the steps and not added an extra commentary that has nothing to do with the video... excellent job you just saved me a few hundred dollars today

[@kevingerrits6979]

Quoted for 700 to do rear bearings.. nope doing it myself. Thanks for video of confidence

[@BOBHANNA01]

Thanks, Eric another great video, if more mechanic's took these extra steps that you do, we wouldn't be disliked, or question so much.

[@SouthMainAuto]

david price True story....

[@jasonstrout4502]

If more Mechanics just took a little PRIDE in what we do we wouldn't be disliked and questioned so much either

[@davejbarnett8722]

He has a very good vocabulary in that he can smoothly describe what and why he's doing what he's doing during disassembly and assembly. Very good!

[@keitheridge]

I appreciate you using the chisel and hammer instead of air airhammer just to show that it could be done. My hub was way more rusted but this video gave me the will to keep smashing and it eventually came out. Thanks!

[@edisonrupert]

As an audio engineer who has learned a lot about our ears, I feel I should tell you that the hammering the big chisel is enough to cause bad hearing damage and tinnitus over a short time. hearing protection would save your hearing as inconvenient as it may be to go grab some when in the middle of a job. Not trying to be internet snotty about it, just trying to save you some ear ringing keeping you up when going to bed. Love the videos!

[@laaby189]

Fantastic video as always. Whenever I need to know what to do with our Dodge I look to your channel. Great tip on refinishing the bearing pad contact surface. I ended up using a very course wire wheel on a 4 inch grinder to take off the loose rust and a belt sander to keep the face flat. Prior to reassemble I heated the plate up and shot it with a coat of cold galvanize to cure it fast. Thanks again.

[@davidmessina2333]

Many thanks for this excellent video. I replaced my bearing with ease, thanks to your great work.

[@UtahDarkHorse]

Great video. Still amazes me how reserved you were back then. Keep up the good work!

[@woodsman8992]

Thank you for your good, clear explanation and camera work. I wish all "how-to" videos were this good.

[@danchurch3276]

I’ve said it once but I’ll say it again. You have taught me so much more then I already knew in automotive. Your videos I search first when needing to find repair videos. Keep up the awesome learning videos man!

[@abea4696]

I like an honest mechanic. Thank you.

[@Free2BeeYou]

Thank you for this video! You're the only one I could find that's covering our rears ❤️

[@RINEYMOTORSPORTS]

Thanks Eric great video doing rear hub bearings on an 08 Caravan tomorrow just thought I would see what I'm facing but we both have good taste we both like Justin I stopped in at his shop on the way to Kentucky about a month ago and met him seems like a pretty good guy

[@joymarie0922]

Thanks for sharing this video! I am not going to attempt to change mine, but your video gives me an understanding of what needs to be done on my 2004 minivan. The mechanic said the noise isn't coming from the muffler but rather the rear end right bearing. He quoted me $386. I researched online for mechanics near me and his estimate seems to be reasonable.

[@nicknicu1787]

Just discovered your channel. Love the shooting angles! Good job man!

[@SouthMainAuto]

Hey thanks for watching! Try to see it from all perspectives if I can.

[@westmanjoel]

Thank you. This walked me step by step through replacing my rear hub! Took me only about 2 hours from start to finish!

[@randyarock]

I found this because I study up on a procedure before doing it, just in case there’s a hitch to watch out for… That said, I subscribe to your channel Eric… watching you in this old, old video is really Early Installment Weirdness. You’re all subdued and almost like on medication compared to a current video 😂😂. Thanks!

[@BlackwaterBill]

Well done, Aside from the mega rust that I had to deal with keeping the hub locked in place. I had a smooth 4 hour job. Thanks, I need to get a lift.

[@andrecampbell691]

A very serious Eric O, excellent vidio, from Canada.

[@rubenmina1154]

The best video I ever watched. Crystal clear. Thanks.

[@kellyconstenius676]

I pounded on mine (08 Town and country) for two days to get them off. Minnesota rust is just as bad as New York rust. I have since upgraded my Air hammer. Thanks Eric. Going to do the front ones this week.

[@buzzroadguy]

I just wanted to say thanks. I was able to replace the bearing on my van yesterday. Your video gave me all the information I needed to know to do the job. Saved me a bunch of money from going to see somebody. Sorry about that as I get you’re a mechanic , but anyway. Thanks again!

[@richardcarainium]

Great video! Definitely a lot easier watching that been trying to figure it out myself.

[@bigdtr2128]

Very good video. Doing the same this week for the wife minivan. THANKS .

[@jphynes8258]

They sent you the drivers side hub assembly. Thus the clip and wiring seeming like it didn't fit proper. Love your vids homie!

[@rocky8084]

This guy is so smooth doing this. Thanks

[@babam3r]

Great video, helped us get this job done tonight.

[@jgjeeper]

Thanks for the help Eric. Just did both rear bearings today on our 2010 GC. The driver side fought pretty hard but the passenger side went easy.

[@josephkilleen7807]

Like all of the other commenters, I am thankful for this video. My main takeaway is that I don't need to fear taking a damn chisel and Hammer to get this hub off!

[@erikjohnson2889]

I love the vintage SMA feature films, starring the subdued Eric O hahahahaha

[@tomoakhill8825]

This video emphatically answers our colleagues outside the Rust Belt, about why Eric is always hammering on things. They leave comments about how he should not be hitting the front bearing, or ball joint, or whatever. But in this case there is *no* part pressed into another. That old part is clinging to a *flat* steel surface, _really_ hard by rust alone.

[@tonylinardi3089]

Loved your video! No BS right to the point!

[@donmilleraaaa]

Very nicely done! Thank you💫

[@63256325N]

Nicely done. Thanks for the video.

[@newhopecitronelle3053]

Tks for being informative and not acting silly

[@haydydyhjj9668]

Thank you so much 😊 Beautiful work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mikechiodetti6737]

Another Great Repair/Video!

[@vinnys1108]

Excellent video! Thanks.

[@bruceg1845]

you never miss the head of that chisel with that big hammer - awsome!

[@nicholas122481]

Thank you for your help. I have a suggestion for the future that helped me. When you loosen the bolts take a punch and hit them. Helped, push the bearing out and off.

[@robdog8448]

great job very informative thanks......

[@nourbutwatmi]

Another great video.

[@domenicscassa1003]

Thank you I enjoy your videos very help

[@darylwade2335]

Great video!

[@ianyoung655]

Thanks Steve you’re the man bro

[@dareblack5833]

Excellent video

[@arniek1233]

New subscriber. Good camera work. Don't forget your eye protection.

[@mygsixride]

great video its the same job i have to do today...thank you

[@davidrobins4025]

You have made what might be a daunting task for the average person, a job they could do - with the assistance of being able to re-watch your video a few times. Does anyone in your area ever do a rust protection on their vehicles?

[@survivalishardstaystorng]

Thanks pretty much the same as changing the wheel hub bearings on a Honda Civic in the rear minus the speed sensor control but yeah this is going to help me with my Dodge Grand caravan 2016 save me some money!

[@chrisrochon3128]

Great video, appreciate your efforts. Signed up just to subscribe and like.

[@philphilthao5055]

Awesome video

[@0FunInTheSun0]

I definitely think your placement of the chisel was key as well!!

[@MrLovingmymac]

Great job brother

[@GerryJ08]

Straight forward video Eric. Nicely done. Appreciate the extra effort in lighting and camera views. All this helps. Question: What was the source complaint to warrant replacement?

[@Williams15016]

You da man thanks very informative!!!!

[@me201068]

Awesome video thanks.

[@Johnoneil15]

thanks for the knowledge man

[@marior5156]

Thanks to you, I may save some money by doing it myself.....

[@foosbiker]

great video!

[@jorgemach___2162]

thanks so much for your time and help .God bless

[@dejbarnard]

Thanks sir great video

[@wadebrewer7212]

Great video. Thank you for posting. And yes, the calipers and parking brake assembly is junk. Replacing calipers for the second time in 50k miles.

[@HPaul-ih4el]

Made it easy 🙌

[@cupoli138]

great vid

[@SteveRobReviews]

Nice - in Canada I have never seen never seize in a spray can. We use salt on the roads up here but we pay our salt drivers by the hour, looks like NY pays its drivers by the ton. Wow.

[@SouthMainAuto]

Hahah I know right! If you don't wreck in the snow you will wipe out in the salt pile lol. Its a product called muscle grease. www.castlepackspower.com/index.cfm?Page=Castle+Muscle+Grease . It has anti-seize properties so that is why I use it. Love the stuff along with a product called Fluid Film. www.fluid-film.com/ Plus who wants to touch never seize if we don't have to. You get one drop of that crap on you next thing you know its on your face in your hair all over your tools etc etc...

[@House_Stark]

Just did this on our 2011 VW Routan(basically a rebadged Caravan), broke my 3lb hammer getting these damn hubs off!

[@omegaman7241]

good video !

[@0FunInTheSun0]

Chisel for the win!!!! trust in the chisel!!

[@beejaythedeejay5100]

You Do its Like A BOSS☝✌💪🙏👀🙌🖖

[@conradsteinweg8578]

Amazing watching a professional do this. Me, 4 hours....

[@1Hitmanvee]

👍it did help ....thanks

[@victorobrien4330]

Great video. Thanks. I just changed the left rear on my wife's 2010 Grand Caravan. When I put the new hub in it seems like it should have been tighter inside the knuckle. Looked the same in your video so I assume it is not supposed to be tight and that the four bolts actually support the weight? Seems odd though that those four smallish bolts would be enough so I'm a little nervous.

[@paydro2144]

Top notch video! You area a Pro! Wish you would wear eye protection. We can't afford to lose good men like you.

[@anthonysalas4014]

Thank you so much

[@lewisgrimsley5120]

Love the video, just 1 negative comments from myself as a mechanic to another, use only copper grease behind your brakes or pads its high temperature grease and stays put unlike other grease.

[@larainepankevitch6635]

I don't think i can do this from under van with parts I currently have...but it's great to know how it works if shop tries to rip me off.

[@brotherbill1000]

Great video. I did mine with ease thanks to your vid. The clip for the sensor was the worst part. I couldn't get the clip back together. Any tips anyone?

[@quiensoyyo900]

Nece video, next week I will doing this on my 08 t&c, wish me good luck, question, what is the name of the red stuff? The one that u put in the dust protector...

[@SuburbanBeard]

not all heroes wear capes

[@andreikarpov7998]

Tnx!

[@emtscythe3782]

Another tip on those stuck hubs. If you have access to the back of them I keep and old extension, back the hub bolts out about have way. Then you can use your extension and socket to tap out on each bolt. Seems to help get some of the really stuck ones out.

[@SouthMainAuto]

Emt Scythe Yep thats a good tip. I have a whole bunch of old sockets just for that.

[@WilliamSeibertwillis923]

Emt Scythe one of the guys that works with my father has a nifty tool specifically for wheel bearings. has a handle, solid steel with female threads on one end. has several lengths of extensions, and different size threads for multiple vehicles. thread one end into the unit bearing, and the other end into the handle and just beat the piss out of it with a hammer. used it on his 05 powerwagon and my 98 ram. worked great both times. not sure who makes it, but deffinatly worth the investment

[@SouthMainAuto]

Does it destroy the hub or allow it to be reinstalled?

[@WilliamSeibertwillis923]

you could put it back in if you really wanted to, but i dont know why you would put a rusty crusty hub and unit bearing back in

[@SouthMainAuto]

Some times they need to be removed to service axle joints or ball joints but the hub is still good ya know?

[@mikeklaus6618]

I’ve been battling getting my rotor off and you did it with a couple of wacks with a hammer! How did you do that so easy?

[@steveingalls6798]

If the old hub is frozen in the knuckle take a BFH & drive out 2 of the old wheel studs. Remove the 3ea 10mm bolts & the dust shield on. Buy 2ea 4" X 1/2" hex bolts (full thread). Stick them through the 2 lug nut stud holes placing 2ea 1/2" hex nuts on the back side of the hub, screw the 2ea 1/2" bolts in pressing the tips of the bolts against the steering knuckle (NOT THE EDGE OF THE WHEEL HUB). This should serve to "press" out the old hub from the steering knuckle. The long bolt & nut method along with a BFH worked on my Indiana driven 09' T & C with 130k on the clock.

[@lilpilgrim45]

Great video Eric! Where would you recommend to buy the hub assembly> Since my car is a 2010, I dont wanna buy a super expensive one if the van isn't gonna last long. I was gonna go to O Reilly

[@tbrown1352002]

Thanks for the video! Is this basically the same process for a 2011 town and country?

[@TastyGlue]

Thanks for this! I'll be doing this in my driveway shortly and it's -10C outside. I'll let you know if I lose my fingers....wait....whatever, I'll find a way. The same bearing is going on ours. They put too much salt in the road soup around here. Have a good one!

[@fishertech]

how was it? Any issues

[@TastyGlue]

@@fishertech From what I remember it wasn't too bad but it was four years ago. All I can tell you is I changed it and it hasn't acted up since lol

[@mr.nobody9630]

A +

[@kennethtibbitts6641]

more vids with BIG NASTY PLEASE

[@dbohn75]

I have to replace the same hub on my 2011. On a different note with a two post hoist where to do you lift a T&C? On old cars and trucks with a true frame as the lift point I never worry. New cars and this van seems to have no place that looks sturdy. Thanks and great video!!

[@richardmchale3097]

Should have a built in lift point on the frame up front. Looks like a body mount almost. Just behind the front tries. Rear usually you can put the lift arm on the molded in frame rail you see.