Wheel Hub Assembly Replacement - Hub stuck - GMC Sierra / Silverado

[@TheDaninator]

If you notice, the new wheel hub came with a threaded hole built in. That way you can remove the hub without hammering out a lug. Cave man hammer not included...or needed.

[@EpidemikE1]

By any chance, do you recall what size bolt fits through the wheel stud? I'm looking to do this on a very rusty one and want to try and get everything I need before doing the job.

[@SKANK_HUNT49]

I like your Channel those torque values were incorrect. 133 foot pounds for the three nuts that hold the hub assembly. 177 ft lb for the axle nut.

[@darter1075]

porta-power with a wedge attachment works awesome.

[@charlesadams4639]

@@SKANK_HUNT49 why yes I have many

[@SKANK_HUNT49]

@@charlesadams4639 many what?

[@morganburns4395]

Gotta thank you for the bolt & nut tip. After beating on the hub, touching & using an air chisel for over an hour. I found your video and it was off in 2 minutes. THANK YOU

[@TheDaninator]

Glad the vid helped!

[@sunnysautoclinic273]

Been a mechanic for a long time and didn't know about this trick. Thank you very much for your ingenuity! Spiderman scene was a great comic relief to my frustration of fighting with the hub for HOURS!👊🏽

[@GOODEALS1]

This is the trick that worked for me...I don't subscribe to too many KZbin sights but this saved me 2 days worth of headache. One KZbin guy bought a 36 inch pipe wrench and a 12 pound sledge so I went that direction thinking with all of that length and 12 pound sledge would work just fine. 52 dollars later I broke the bottom teeth set of of the wrench and no movement. I used impact hammer to no avail and a mini bearing buster was no help. The only reason I used your method last was because my dust shield or backing plate covered the entire area and I did not want to damage it. After scouring the internet for an alternative to process I decided to go your direction. It put a hole in the backing plate but the hub came out on both rear 2009 CTS bearing in 10 minutes. I will just fill in the hole with some RTV and call it a day. I picked up the bolt and big nut as a spacer all were Number 8 grade. Number 2 grade nut stripped out in 5 minutes. THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!!! I won't be afraid of wheel bearing at all after this job and your help. THANKS AGAIN...I liked and subscribed...........

[@TheDaninator]

I'm glad you were able to finally get it!

[@herbward5240]

Never ever use 12 point sockets to break loose rusted bolts or nuts...

[@kevinjones3927]

Ran across your video, tried your removal method after heating, beating and treating with deep creep for a few hours. I am sure it works in most cases, very ingenious. I own a 3 jaw puller, I don't see where there is a way to use it in this case. I have a slide hammer, not enough force there if I cannot get it with an 8lb hammer. I see there is a video called Hub Buster, didn't see that till I was writing this comment. In my case I sheared a grade 5 9/16" bolt. I did manage to bust the bearing out of its housing, so there I sat with no more lug nuts and no flange to beat on. Started hitting on the corners of the bearing housing, squaring those off. Finally took the assembly off the truck. I am fortunate to own a 20 ton press and have a neighbor that is a mechanic. Borrowed a socket from him and was able to press out the other half of the bearing. Popped with a cloud of rust. Be careful using the bolt method where there is lots of salt and snow. You could be stuck in the driveway with 3 wheels without a backup plan. Like a large torch or a press. The passenger side was way easier, good luck.

[@rogersmith7645]

The bolt nut hack AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME busted my ass for an hour with a slide hammer and no movement . That worked like a dream... Thanks

[@kantlogin]

This is now my preferred method of breaking free stubborn hubs. Thanks for sharing.

[@jordanapplegate1807]

Thank you for the bolt and nut trick, I was aggravated trying to beat it off, referred to KZbin, found your video, and the spider man scene made me feel so happy I wasnt alone, thanks for the comedy scene..

[@paulmartin323]

Thank you for the nut and bolt trick. I was beyond frustrated. Saved the day.

[@motorbreath-4172]

Spent 2 hours banging on mine. Going to have to try this tomorrow

[@djjammindave]

AM GETTING READY TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ON MY 2012 SRX, BUT I GOT AN AIR GUN, NICE SOCKETS KIT, BREAKING BAR, AND TORQUE WRENCH GOING...READY TO MAKE IT WORK. NICE VIDEO, ESPECIALLY THE BONUS CLIPS...THAT'S WHAT I CALL INGENUITY...LOL

[@benmitchell2642]

I wish I would have watched this sooner. I’m gonna go try this now

[@AddictedToDoingBadShit]

this method of removing hubs is amazing, i couldn’t find a bolt with threads that go all the way along the bolt so i used my old steering wheel puller, worked amazingly. thank you sir

[@Kid_Kootenay]

Cool tip, a variation of this would be using your bolt method then snugging it up against something solid on the frame start the truck and turn the steering wheel you effectively have a hydrolic press

[@shep179]

Great vid! My 2cents is to clean and lube the inner portion of the steering knuckle and o ring thats in there.

[@TheDaninator]

Great tip!

[@dylansgarage1685]

I love the way you edit your videos!!

[@crazyeye1877]

Wanted to give a huge thank you. Me and by buddy spent hours beating the hell out of it. Your trick 2 minutes. Wish we knew this before.

[@stevenbrown5210]

That's the only way to do it, easy every time

[@howardchandler3368]

Awesome job, I did my wheel hub my self too

[@ryanmcgarry5566]

Thank you so much for the nut and bolt tip saved my ass after beating the shit out of it for a while found your video and had it off in minutes thanks again

[@greg4272]

With the prying bolts I only managed to pull my bearing apart, not out!

[@patpeacock8150]

Always use a six point wrench on tight bolts

[@extremereclusefallows5779]

I watched a KZbin video on getting a hub off. Take a trash rotor and place it on the hub backwards with two or three lug nuts. Use a heavy sledge hammer and hit the outside of the rotor. One or two hits and off it comes. It is stuck to the face of the hub.

[@LH81633]

Extremerecluse Fallows not everyone is gonna have a trashed rotor laying around!! Just put stand or something and lower vehicle, or put wheel back on and lower vehicle!!

[@jennajone45]

I tried all of that and didn't work

[@tylerparker3024]

I'm pretty sure you probably broke that sensor as you were taking it out, judging by how rough you were on it trying to wiggle it loose. So my question is did you replace the hub because the bearing was bad or because of the sensor? Cause your info says you did it because your sensor was bad?

[@TheDaninator]

I replaced the hub because of the broken sensor stuck in it. I probably could have tried to remove the plastic piece down in the hub, but the thought of plastic pieces falling into the hub (as would have likely broken it trying to remove it), wasn't a risk I (or the owner) were willing to take.

[@klaus9939]

Quality content as usual

[@tannergrant5700]

I literally just finished replacing my front right hub assembly on my 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 about 5 minutes ago. I had some movement in the bearing when you rocked up and down or side to side (could hear it knocking). Double confirmed by taking the wheel off and shaking directly up and down while grabbing the studs with your hand. Triple confirmed by a new and increasingly loud humming coming from the right front side. I replaced the hub assembly with a brand new SKF unit, all torqued to spec and I have now come to find I have received a bad bearing. Worse now than it was before lol

[@tannergrant5700]

With the front wheels off the ground I can now push the top of the wheel and feel about 3/16’s movement. Junk.

[@burnham187]

What was the size of that Bolt you used to get the hub free? Very very good idea, best idea I have seen out there. Will be doing this job soon and want to get that bolt and nut ahead of time so if you could let me know that would be awesome. Thanks so much.

[@mattstarke7373]

Thanks for the tip it helped me remove my bearing fast.

[@3Wheels1Block]

I like to use a hammer on my wrench and ratchet for added ooommfff!😂Great job using the 'ol noggin! Those hubs always seem to be stuck like chuck when I go to replace one. Hang on a second.... no catchy intro..... hmmmm.... that hub had your brain stuck too eh? 😂

[@tom.p1986]

I need to change the wheel hub on my ram. I hope it's as easy

[@bhf4u]

something else that can work is ...take a cold chisel and put it in the seem of where the knuckle and the bearing meet. use it as a wedge and work around the bearing . it's slow but it works.

[@ricaard]

J. J. Johnson was *PURE GOLD*

[@dinhle4412]

you can remove it by using a screw has a smaller diameter of that broken plastic piece to screw it in then pull the whole thing out. It is very easy and fast!

[@ben_3256]

Saved me today. Thank you.

[@kimquyluu6771]

Thank you share clip

[@azmendozafamily]

How's the MOOG hub worked out? I've heard they're not very reliable anymore, but I would like your opinion.

[@markschaefer6002]

I am stuck trying to remove the top bolt. There is no room for a ratchet wrench. The boot to the upper sway bar is in the way as well as the bolt go the control arm. I now have a wrench wedged in there with no way to remove it. I know I am missing so something. Watched too many videos and all show significantly more space in there to get a socket on good. Help!

[@TheDaninator]

You may need to raise or lower the wheel to change the angle of the drive shaft...if that makes sense.

[@SilverSergeant]

Eric from South Main Auto Repair, LLC uses this method, too.

[@colinellicott9737]

Dude - nice job! But, you were using physics the whole time. There is no time when you can't use physics, even unknowingly ; )

[@fromanabe8639]

What is the piece called that the hub is pressed into? The steering knuckle?

[@kmil1967]

I also thought it was a steering knuckle but yes below I guess it’s considered a spindle also, but I will say that immediately I thought I’ll just replace it... but one phone call to auto parts and they said they don’t carry those yet it was closing time so I’ll make more calls in morning....or choose to give this a try or using the bolt and steering knuckle to use as a hydraulic press to remove the hub yet I know that this method seems most likely as I’ve already beat on it and used way too much free all penetrating oil to sit on it all night

[@kmil1967]

Joe Jackson I actually did get it off after 4 days and used a varied amount of ways so I’m not sure which worked but I know I use free all penetrating oil even inside area of axle nut and it finally popped and I worked it out including hitting a few times with a simple hammer 🔨 but it’s now fixed!!!

[@porterporter5506]

I learned the hard way. Never use a 16 point socket. Stick to 6 or 8 max

[@macadosis]

5:09 hilarious

[@shmittieschannel]

At about the process of mark 5min 10seconds..🤣

[@robertwootton2161]

Why is it always a claw hammer?

[@LuisMedina-ls4nj]

Thanks the video helped

[@lemplatz3400]

Take CV axle off and you can get to the hub bolts way better

[@ignantmike4707]

great video....helped me

[@jdkuhl3096]

What size is the axle nut? I've gotta do mine here soon.

[@johngardner2407]

36mm

[@antiscyllisneocht5669]

this was 'inspirational'. new subscriber.

[@TheDaninator]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tonykolesnikoff4159]

Thank u pal.

[@oOMXROo]

Why are you clicking it twice or 3 times when it needs to be done once. Youre adding extra torque

[@marksthoughts4721]

Use a Timken wheel bearing next time and it will last for you. It won't be cheap Chinese steel assembled in Mexico. Timken bearings will last and are quality made in the USA.

[@joename6309]

Don't don't torquewith the vehicle on the ground with the weight on the bearing you will mess up the bearing and I'll go prematurely and it's not a true torque spec. .

[@frankangermann6460]

Mm- bolts on a gmc....seems they appreciate the metric system little by little.....

[@cameroncassel994]

My cv axle is jammed tight in the bearing, beat the hell out of it with no luck

[@TheDaninator]

You’ll need some sort of a press tool. I just recently had that problem on a sienna minivan.

[@cameroncassel994]

@@TheDaninator I have the bearing I got from rockauto already, I figured to torch it off and replace the axle.

[@snakebox1299]

dude why didnt you film the breakaway instead you filmed after it was off .

[@chipanzee7507]

I just did the wheel bearing on my Nissan quest and this video didn't help at all!!!! Lol. Jks

[@mattpamp8204]

I just drill the plastic tab out

[@MNIGN56]

Yall always skip the hard shit knowing good well you took that thing off before you did this video with it looking like king tut. Your view shouldnt count

[@montysonful]

You should have shown how you got the hub off, not just talk about it.

[@yermoffroad]

Swivel sockets, air chisel, and leaving the sensor in the hub and just unplugging it is what we call the right way to do it. Even backing out the four bolts and hitting them with a hammer is less painful than that method haha

[@chuckychuck]

👀👀👀👀 some people doesn't have an air chisel, they work with what they have for tools. Who cares, he got the job done.

[@alborgdenmark26]

More of rusted expensive automobiles just like us up here in the Adirondack Mountains. Sorry to hear about your misery.....I share your pain. How about they stop using road salt so our 30,000 dollars last for longer than 7 years.

[@tweek857]

You could of remove the two big bolts and got the caliper and pads all in one instead of 4 bolts it's only 2 bolts

[@josephblodgett57]

I'll show you my blindness or stupidity for a minute, I still don't understand what you did, I watched a couple times and still lost 🤦‍♂️

[@tylerfred7514]

He knocked the lug out. Then he took a bolt through the hole and put a bolt on it. Then he tightened the bolt which due the nut allowed the bolt to push out the hub.

[@glidersoar]

Joseph Blodgett, he knocked out one of the six lugs, found a bolt and matching nut, one small enough to pass through the lug hole, and threaded the nut on from the back, and as he tightened the nut, it drew the bolt up against a hammer used for a spacer, that was between the hub and the knuckle. The hammer was there only because the threads weren’t long enough, and it pushed the hub off as it was tightened. you can use a threaded rod too.

[@noithu8654]

1:02c.

[@buitha5846]

Iya ya Allah.

[@dylansgarage1685]

The spider Man scene was funniest thing I've ever seen 😂😂😂😂

[@canadahasfallen5091]

No doubt lol

[@Killahkron1992]

Lol😂😂

[@richleskovec4075]

Just take off the rotor with the whole brake assembly. I do it all the time. Don’t need to take the brake caliper and. Racket apart u less you’re doing the brakes too

[@ChristenaJones1113]

OMFG😂😂😂😂 wait until you get 5 minutes and 10 seconds into this b**** I had to pause a video I was laughing so hard I started crying and I damn near pissed myself! Thank you so much I needed that💯 every bolt has been froze I've actually broke off too and had to use an extractor set so thank you so much I really needed that! Although I wish you would have actually showing the application of how you did the bolt but I got the jest of the idea.

[@lukesworkshop5371]

Thank you for this video had a frozen wheel bearing and hub on my 2007 Sierra. Was hammering with a 5lb sledge for 30 mins and it laughed at me also. found this video and a quick run to get a bolt, a nut and some washers and it popped right off. Great video and great thinking.

[@rx1ton]

Thanks, I needed that. Didn't help get my stuck hub off, but after fighting mine for 3 hours I was past pissed, so looking for a way to get unstuck... went from livid to laughing out load at the spiderman cut scene. Put me back in a better frame of mind. I think I'll just finish tomorrow.....

[@Stelerk21]

I hope I can get my Hub assembly off now. The shaft isn't moving freely like yours was. I will try the nut and bolt trick. Thank you for the tip.

[@barrets6226]

Looks like I'll be trying the bolt method too, I'm a few hours into it with no luck.

[@trudeaumustgo1920]

Thats a 6 point and 12 point socket. 12 points are notorious for stripping, less contact area. And you double wrenched it wrong.

[@howardhagadorn9443]

I wish mine would come out that easily, I've got three of those bolts in it trying to force it out and put a pipe wrench over the flange and beat it with a 10 lb sledge........ it's still in there

[@phillipcurl]

Had to do this on my brothers truck on the side of I-16 near Macon Ga a few months ago. -10/10 do not recommend. Good Informative video!

[@TheDaninator]

Yikes! It's bad enough on a driveway patio. Lol

[@lemplatz3400]

All that rust. Must be Michigan

[@926Trucker]

At 5:05 I was looking at how rusty that suspension was and he says "this should just come right off with some taps of a hammer". I busted up laughing even before it cut to that spiderman scene cause I really thought he was making a joke! Like ...dry humor you know.(like that doctor on that show Scrubs). Dude cracks me up.

[@garykent8193]

Dude!! You are a lifesaver!! Thank God for KZbin and people like you!! I wasn't sure what to do. All the videos I saw of my particular car, as soon as the bolts are removed the hub is literally falling off. Reality, its pressed in, needs to be pressed out! I am a pump mechanic so I am used to parts that don't wanna come apart. I knew I needed to make some kind of Jack Bolt set up, but couldn't grasp exactly what I needed to set up. Your video turned the light bulb on for me. One side came off with just Jack bolts, I used "All thread" the other side took more convincing. That one needed heat and hammer with chisel in combination with the jack bolts. But mission accomplished!!! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!

[@riverdog2148]

I appreciate the video. I tried everything under the sun and this is the one that work

[@cecilyt006]

Dude, brilliant! Your noggin is evidently superior to most with that removal tech.

[@bobs5895]

THANK YOU HAD THE SAME ISSUE BEAT IT AND BEAT IT, YOUR TRICK WORKED LIKE A CHARM

[@todaywithbk]

Awesome job! Been there and these can always be a problem.

[@kevinr5187]

Man the road conditions do a number on the suspension on a vehicle up north, here in Texas I see picks that are 20-30 years old that look brand new on the underside. That thing looks so rusty looks like it could fall apart at any moment.

[@camm1120]

Stock GM lug nut torque spec is 140 ft lbs not 100

[@ggsmith48906]

This is an awesome idea! I just removed the hub on my DGC using this. Not only does it apply mechanical physics but you can spin the hub and retighten the bolt to rock it back and forth and even up and down to help fracture that rust bond.

[@rileynewton17]

The wheel hub Jay Jona Jamieson made me laugh audibly

[@belowfray5251]

Thanks

[@isaacfinneyoutdoors411]

Just replaced my hubs today, mine were seized so I broke out the air hammer

[@Rickster6118]

Just beat the piss outta one. Lol Found this vid after the fact. Killer Spider-Man scene. Nailed it. 🤣

[@benjamn8557]

liked for the Spiderman cutscene. that happened to me today. so hilarious

[@michaelflanagan6592]

G'Day Thanks for posting your "how to" video. Most enlightening. That is the kind of task I leave to my mechanic shop. BUT, I was shocked to see how much rust and corrosion there was on your vehicle. I live in Western Australia where the climate is mild, no snow or frosts, so the underside of cars and other vehicles just get dirty, from road grime, plus perhaps a little mud. But I suppose you live in an area where salt is used on the roads in winter. I think if I saw that on one of my vehicles, I would freak out!!! If I had been doing the job you posted, I would have done far more power wire brushing before re-assembly, but that's just me. Anyway, thanks for posting - take care and stay safe

[@johnaustin9051]

Ya ain't lived untill ya go four wheeling in 16 inches of snow. Indiana USA. Little snow and ice, lots of good ole rusted trucks. Big respect for you Aussies.

[@markknights7905]

lol caveman that’s funny. But…. Anti seize on hub bolts 😅 umm can’t agree with that. If it stays with anti seize then ok 👍🏼

[@MrX-qo5wb]

Wish he would have show when he took off the hub w the bolt and all 😑😑😑🤦‍♂️ don’t know why they don’t show and only explain after instead of doing both at the same time

[@mike8549]

Theres no way that torque wrench is at 75 then 100 or u have superman strength i had to use my entire body weight as leverage to hear the click i pulled a muscle!

[@awesomeluis]

Would it not have been possible to just take the two 18mm bolts out and left the caliper attached to the bracket and removed the caliper and bracket as 1? Just seems like you could have saved a step. Ps, the spider man bit was hilarious! 🤣

[@TheDaninator]

Yes, that would have saved a step.

[@kmil1967]

Great video yes man thanks very much your video is definitely the way, and I loved the insert of movie skit with wheel hub just hilarious being it’s definitely the case with my Chevy Equinox’s wheel hub 😂😂😂😂😂 again thank you!!!!!

[@TheDaninator]

Glad it helped

[@Mikishots]

Got smart? We've been using this method for years - even KZbin is full of vids now.

[@soufside8ludo452]

I'm a Z28 and A Silverado owner You hardly ever C one without the other in traffic or videos

[@CanadianRC96]

Spider man clip by far made this the best tutorial 🤣