Toyota Highlander Wheel Bearing Removal! Wheel Bearing installation! Great video worth watching!!!

[@ericvreeland5518]

Thanks for the video. Watching your fight with that bearing convinced me to just buy a whole knuckle/bearing assembly and just change the whole thing.

[@RamBo-uu9so]

To remove bearing heat up the nuckle with a heat gun. Not the old bearing just the nuckle. To install new bearing, heat up nuckle again and place new bearing in freezer or dry ice. The bearing will just drop right in. Works great.

[@tryloveydontya]

Thank you for the excellently done, and very informative video. Because of your video I was able to diagnose my grandson's left wheel bearing after using your great technique of 'hand on spring and spin the wheel.' After seeing you go through the entire process of changing a wheel bearing, I did the reasonable thing and took it to my local garage to a guy who I trusted and he didn't disappoint. Thank you again. This is a tremendously helpful video!

[@sharpcarco]

Well thank you very very much I greatly appreciate the kind words I certainly try my best sometimes they don’t turn out quite as well as I would like them too but I can always try to be very descriptive

[@jessebrownson2363]

Thank you so much! Very few hrs in the day to get my honey dues done and help raise my kids. My wife’s car was in dire need of a bearing replacement and you saved me so much guess work! Truly grateful for your knowledge and experience. Great video

[@gratitudesociety5587]

You’re random facts on the video are interesting and kept distracting me 😂😂 I kept pausing to read them

[@JamesBond-tx5qe]

Very useful video! Almost had to watch multiple times just for the fun facts, kept forgetting to pay attention to what you were doing lol. But you definitely inspired me to buy a whole new assembly instead of just replacing hub bearing!

[@Ch3kThat]

Awesome video, I’m looking into getting a 20 ton press from harbor freight to be able to do this job on my highlander one of these weekends

[@thesheddealer]

Thanks for that pro tip at the end 👍

[@sergiocar98]

Your a very funny youtuber. I respect the amazing camera angles. I definitely hate the one handed videos and you found a new way to prevent that and it's having a 23year old son to do the work while your record lol

[@brianmik5624]

Thank you for the step by step. I’m about to do one of these on my lady’s highlander.

[@ghost-4230]

“It’s always good practice while taking your brake caliper off to hang them with a bungee cord. And also if you make KZbin videos like I do, people will complain.”😂😂

[@anthonytimmermeyer9876]

Great instructional video. Thank you for sharing

[@user-nd4pk3lh2e]

Thanks for the video neighbor. I live in Whitehall. Small world.

[@michael-wj7sc]

The fun facts were highly distracting lol

[@sharpcarco]

Video retention Michael…. One of the most important algorithms…. Sometimes they’re good in social situation as well I try to make my how to videos interesting and not just about how to fix stuff but why you’re fixing it… sorry my friend they all don’t have them… matter fact now that you mention it probably the last 30 or 40 don’t have them so I probably should start doing that again thank you for the input!!! Welcome to the channel we’re happy to have you have a great day and God bless

[@natevanlandingham1945]

You ain't kidding!

[@chefblair63]

Great Video! very informative in many ways. Wouldn't an assembled hub /bearing and knuckle be a whole lot easier? I can get one for $112 thanks

[@sharpcarco]

Yep if you can afford to spend it, it sure would be

[@chefblair63]

@@sharpcarcoconsidering my mechanic wants over a $1000 it’s a bargain!

[@ironmarkkus8969]

The bearing ring removal seems like a pain. I think getting a kit that I can just slap on would be worth the extra $100.

[@HeyUncleA]

You sure fixed that dust shield alright 🤣

[@sharpcarco]

Well..... 🤷🏻‍♂️ fun with hammers !!!

[@gervaisfillion9417]

@@sharpcarco And the hole for the ABS sensor !!!!!!!

[@JJ-ql5tl]

@@sharpcarco lol, hit it like a man, not a man boy. This video was super helpful for me -- thank you for posting. Just finished the job on my 2003 Highlander.

[@alfonsovasquez751]

Good video man . Thanks for sharing

[@alexanderthegrape5370]

Great video thanks broski

[@ivandsouza7873]

Thank your boss great work and knowledge.

[@sharpcarco]

Well thank you for the compliment I am my own boss so thank you very much…. Unless you’re talking about my wife or children…. Most of the time my wife is in every once in a while I let my kids get away with it…

[@laurencezemlick1979]

Changed my daughters brakes on her highlander last week, now I know why that metal rotor protector thing was all bent to shit.

[@sharpcarco]

That’s called a dust shield. It happens. Most of the cars up here in the north they rust off.

[@laurencezemlick1979]

@@sharpcarco I just saw it and was like “what the hell happened to this thing?!?”

[@Marineboy22]

Dont know if you still pay attention to replies on this video but i attempted to press the bearing out the wrong way at first and put some serious force on it before i thought “something is wrong here”… long story short i think i may have bent one of the ears on the steering knuckle that hold the brake pad bracket on so now with everything bolted up that metal piece is rubbing on my rotor and creating an awful noise and a deep score. Do you think it is possible that i did in fact bent it ? Going to check at the junkyard this weekend to see if they have any highlanders with the front left steering knuckle still on with the hub and bearing in tact.. if not im going to have to order hub and bearing and new steering knuckle and do it all over again..

[@sharpcarco]

Definitely still watch my comments. The only reason I’ll stop answering them is because I get too many right now I get about 50 a day so it’s not that hard to watch them most of them are not questions. Yeah it sounds like you did bend it. And I’m sorry to say it sounds like you’re going to need a knuckle sorry that that happened to you.

[@joschmoefrompickletoe2562]

Great share good narative great job.. Thanks for the share;)

[@billbly1691]

Another fine video great job thank you for sharing

[@sharpcarco]

Thanks Bill

[@chipdiamond5104]

Hey Clay great video, i need that same wheel bearing change, front driver side. But I've done the rear ones on the same exact truck, years ago and i was wondering, is the front one any different or harder than the back since the front has steering component like tie rods and ball joint or is it the same? I just don't wanna get half way through and get stuck and need a tow truck, but if i did the rear one this ones not much different right?

[@nathanield.4527]

LOL Clay. It looks at 2:39, u hit the brake dust shield a few times like a man too. It looks a little different at 2:42.

[@sharpcarco]

I don’t know what you’re talking about… and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it

[@alexal2716]

Dude I have the same car, I have this clunking/knocking noise I can’t figure out where is it coming from, I replaced the controls arms, sway bar bushings and links, struts were replaced not too long ago, tie rods, still. Is it possible that the wheel bearing is making that noise!! Help

[@gervaisfillion9417]

interesting the way you are checking to know if a bearing is bad by having one hand on the coil spring

[@sharpcarco]

It is one of my favorite tricks and it works very very well. Thank you for taking the time to send me a message

[@sharpcarco]

And you should watch my tips and tricks playlist I know a lot of different things that can make your job a lot easier

[@chebrets]

is alignment required?

[@mikeharmon8733]

Using heat can help release wheel bearings from steering knuckles.

[@michaeljustice8382]

I have a 2006 Toyota Highlander and it only revs up to 3000 RPMs what do you think is wrong with it

[@sharpcarco]

Plug catalytic converter or somethings wrong with the throttle.

[@michaeljustice8382]

I've been driving this car for 3 years like this it runs great you just can't get over 3000 RPMs

[@sharpcarco]

I’m sure whatever is wrong with it is super simple from your brief explanation I can’t formulate what the problem would be but I would almost guarantee that if you took it to a Toyota dealership it would probably take them five minutes to figure out what’s going on you could probably even try to take it to a local mom and pop place and I’d be willing to bet that they would be next to no charge depending on how busy they are I would recommend just stopping in and asking someone to take a look at it handing them $20 bill at the moment and say hey do you got five minutes to spare this guy tells me it’s probably pretty simple and I’ll but I’m right

[@gearhead366]

Wouldn’t it be WAY easier to just replace the bearing and hub, which can be purchased as an assembly? It looks like the hub and bearing could be removed without having to remove the spindle, and without needing a press.

[@sharpcarco]

You can buy the spindle but I’m not aware of you being able to buy the spindle and the wheel bearing the wheel bearing would still have to be pressed out. But I work on so many cars it’s possible I could be mistaken

[@gearhead366]

@@sharpcarco After watching a few more videos of this job, I see that you can't do it the way I described. Never mind.

[@STREETFIGHTER50]

Damn I’m gonna just pay the shop to do the bearing/race part of it 😬 $40 looks worth it

[@spelunkerd]

Two kinds of bearings, pressed-in and bolted-on. Bolted-on wheel bearings are replaced as you say; this one is pressed-in. You can't switch, the knuckle is designed for either/or. The problem with pressed in bearings is the snap ring, which is installed before the hub is slid back on. Unfortunately once the hub is back in place, you can't get to that snap ring, and the hub typically bonds itself to the inner surface of the bearing. So, when you pull the hub off years later, something has to give, and the snap ring never lets go. The weakest link is the inner structure of the bearing itself, so the bearing explodes into two pieces.

[@STREETFIGHTER50]

The simplest way would be to buy the Moog part#’s LK027 (left side) or LK028 (right side) $192.79 from RockAuto and bolt-on. “Complete Solution -- Pre-assembled for convenience and includes a MOOG knuckle, MOOG wheel hub with studs, bearing, axle nut, backing plate and premium ball joint (where applicable) for a complete solution”

[@THEjasonTDI]

Be realllllllly careful about undersizing that spindle while sanding. I've seen plenty of bearings spin on that after being installed.

[@sharpcarco]

Do Hard you would have to sand to do that?

[@ElevatedChillz]

" a man boy" lmao

[@Jlymansackhead]

Ok. But I definitely cannot do this myself. You used about 3-5K in specialty tools that I definitely don’t have. I’ll just pay the local mechanic 500 to do it. That’s what I paid to have one replaced in my Acura.

[@sharpcarco]

Well I’m sorry to hear that but then again at least you didn’t get into the middle of something that you couldn’t accomplish yourself. And that’s not only a money saver but that’s a timesaver as well. I will tell you I generally try to make my videos based on the most basic tools possible for you to be able to accomplish the job. I use my cheapest most common tools before I ever break out my most uncommon tools. So hopefully that’s helpful