my wife's 97 grand prix (which is clean car for it's' age, it sees annual fluid film and the car only has 57K grandma car special) i had a bad time getting it apart. i heated it up with a torch and used a 2 jaw puller
If the car is not rusted, this job takes 30 minutes. If it's super rusted - god speed to you. Many hours even with a hub shocker. Brutal. I'm jealous of the mechanics who don't have to deal with the rust.
I replaced the wheel bearings of my 2016 Forester at home. Each bearing took 4 hours because they were all severely rusted. I broke two hammers. I replaced the two rear ones last year. This year, the front wheel made noise again. I was exhausted.
@@yayar8585 So the 2016 Forester (along with 2012-2019 Imprezas, Crosstreks, and Foresters) suffer from a design flaw that makes this job harder. Subaru made a technical service bulletin for an updated backing plate to extend the service life of the bearings. I did it myself and did not change backing plates since I didn't want to mess around with the parking brakes too much. I own a 2018 Crosstrek which uses the exact same backing plate and wheel bearing as your 2016 Forester. It was a terrible job.
I have my own xv in for a bearing change. The mechanic rang to say its rusted and seized! He is having trouble trying to remove the old bearing. Hes hoping to have it done by tomorrow afternoon! 😬
Thanks for posting and helping us DIYs. Your car is free of rust. My car is driven in the northeast and is covered with rust. It took me 7 hours to take the hub down. Your video did help a lot, thanks!
lol…just changed all 4 on a 2018 Outback…every one of them froze up in knuckle…it was a workout..hub buster wouldn’t even touch them. Had to pull entire assembly and press out of knuckle.
Nice video!! Took you about 25 min to do one side and thats with holding the camera and explaining everything. These shop charging 500+ dollars and saying it’s going to take about three hours. So thank you!
That is because you pay for the years the tech spent to do it that fast. You do not get a discount because It can be done faster than book time. These often do not come out at easily as shown in this video. This must be from the south where rust is not as much of an issue. If book time takes 1 hour for brakes and I can get them done in 25-30 mins. I am still charging that hour.
Well done. I have one of these I've been procrastinating on. I thought about doing a video, but I won't have much to add over what you've contributed here.
Outstanding video. My 2018 LR is rough at 38,000. Do you historically have good luck with the Premier brand bearings or do you feel like they're all about the same?
Here at the shop we’ll use Precision or MasterPro from O’Reilly. We also use Timken (which is supposed to be really good), or there is another brand called Durago (cheaper) that we use but honesty I haven’t really had a lot of issues with any of them.
Sheeeeeit, I just did my rear passenger hub last night, it definitely did not come out of the spindle this easily! It was rusted into the spindle and the backing plate/dust cover. Had to use quite a bit of creativity and brute force to get it out, lol.
I’m not auto person at all, with that, what is the purpose of wheel bearings and what happens if you keep driving with this noise for 100,000 more miles?
my hub was so rusted it fused with the backing plate, old hub ripped into 3 pieces and i had to disassemble the brake shoes from the backing plate and use a press to get the last piece of the hub off the backing plate. ridiculous. this video helped tho
Why didn’t you show the struggle it is to get the bearing off the vehicle?? That doesn’t just slide right out like you showed. We can clearly see all the rust around that bearing.
You boys out of the rust belt have it too easy. That job world had easily taken two plus hours, a 💩 ton of cussing, a torch, the hub shocker and a 15 lb sludge hammer to get that bearing out, not including the time to get the backing plate off of it!
Nice tutorial! Thank-you! Can I assume that we might as well replace both sides? We are at 104,000 miles, and are just now experiencing the noise. Still early for a bearing failure, IMO!
I wonder what's the car mileage here. Bearings gone too early on mine - in 40K and no load! Seems like Subaru sets weak bearings in the back. My Toyota has twice the mileage and heavier use and bearings do not complain. Video is great, at least best that I could find.
Maybe you can help me, I have a 2013 crosstrek already replaced front Shock and shock mount(L&R). Also replaced front suspension assembly(L&R) but I still can feel a wabble everytime I drive the car(rough and paved road).
I have a 2017 Outback, but it was great video you put together Jack! I have a great mechanic here in Crown Point, Indiana. Has worked on my cars for years. I saw a TSB on the Rear Wheel Backing Plate - Design Change. Look it up when you have a chance.
I have been left with no choice but to do this myself...I'm going to replace the pads and rotors while I'm at it....we shall see how it goes!!! I'll let everyone know how it goes in a couple days
Thank you for making this video. It helped me release the spindle from the hub, to knock off the rotor, and to remove the hub from between the brake pads. All good tips. But getting the hub out of the spindle required driving a flat bed screwdriver in the gap between the two to keep widening the gap as they separated.
I made it till about the 11 minute mark. When he got to the part where he just touched the Hub with a feather and it broke loose I realized this video was not very realistic
Great video thank you. I have to replace a wheel stud because the tire shop broke it and it's my problem 😅. So that's my to do this weekend I hope I don't have to replace a wheel hub for a while .
When you hammer the lip into the nut is that like staking it? My background is building firearms and staking castle nuts is quite common so I’m curious if this is similar
You can hit rotors with a metal hammer as long as you hit the rotor in between the wheel studs (NOT on the part where the pads touch) and if you hit the rotor on the part where the pads touch then you need to use a plastic or rubber dead blow hammer.
@Jack Fletcher gonna try and do it tomorrow. I have never done it before, but after watching your video, it gives me confidence that it's possible to do it without any professional experience!
Just had my left rear bearing replaced on my 2018 Crosstrek with 62,000 miles at Richard Lucas Subaru in New Jersey. $967.78. Yea, Subarus least expensive to maintain. Last one I ever buy. 😖
I literally tried to beat on my hubs with a 3lb hammer and never got them loose. I ended up having to pay a shop to do it. There's a world of difference whether or not the hubs have been allowed to rust into place.
I'm currently working on one that is also 5 years old. This would take less time than a brake job if I lived in Texas. Another reason to hate northern Virginia.
@@jackhfletcherIf the bearing you installed last much longer then the one you replaced that would make this job harder the next time if not for you then someone else
I can't believe how it came off without hours of pounding. Living in northeast weather makes things so hard. 😭
my wife's 97 grand prix (which is clean car for it's' age, it sees annual fluid film and the car only has 57K grandma car special) i had a bad time getting it apart. i heated it up with a torch and used a 2 jaw puller
If the car is not rusted, this job takes 30 minutes. If it's super rusted - god speed to you. Many hours even with a hub shocker. Brutal. I'm jealous of the mechanics who don't have to deal with the rust.
I replaced the wheel bearings of my 2016 Forester at home. Each bearing took 4 hours because they were all severely rusted. I broke two hammers. I replaced the two rear ones last year. This year, the front wheel made noise again. I was exhausted.
@@yayar8585 So the 2016 Forester (along with 2012-2019 Imprezas, Crosstreks, and Foresters) suffer from a design flaw that makes this job harder. Subaru made a technical service bulletin for an updated backing plate to extend the service life of the bearings. I did it myself and did not change backing plates since I didn't want to mess around with the parking brakes too much. I own a 2018 Crosstrek which uses the exact same backing plate and wheel bearing as your 2016 Forester. It was a terrible job.
@@yayar8585 I believe the front bearings are easier to do than the rears on the Subarus.
I would have put some never cease on the axle splines, not recommended but if the bearings ever go again it would be easy to remove.
I have my own xv in for a bearing change. The mechanic rang to say its rusted and seized! He is having trouble trying to remove the old bearing. Hes hoping to have it done by tomorrow afternoon! 😬
Thank you for including torque specs. Few auto repair videos do that.
This video should have a warning, so that folks in the Rust Belt are not mislead into believing their experience will be even remotely similar.
2014 owner here looking on how to DIY myself... I think you've made one of the best videos I've ever seen. Great video!
My 16 was a nightmare. The car might have seen snow twice in Maryland and was seized. I used every trick and tool available.
This video won't work for you if your hub will be rust stuck. You will need a lot of more on how to get it out..
Thanks for posting and helping us DIYs. Your car is free of rust. My car is driven in the northeast and is covered with rust. It took me 7 hours to take the hub down. Your video did help a lot, thanks!
Same dude going on 6 hours right now
I have to do mine and I'm also in the northeast. What did you guys do to get it out since this one just slid. How bad was it seized in?
lol…just changed all 4 on a 2018 Outback…every one of them froze up in knuckle…it was a workout..hub buster wouldn’t even touch them. Had to pull entire assembly and press out of knuckle.
This made doing nothing my rear bearings quick and painless. Thank you for your thorough repair info!
Nice video!! Took you about 25 min to do one side and thats with holding the camera and explaining everything. These shop charging 500+ dollars and saying it’s going to take about three hours. So thank you!
That is because you pay for the years the tech spent to do it that fast. You do not get a discount because It can be done faster than book time. These often do not come out at easily as shown in this video. This must be from the south where rust is not as much of an issue.
If book time takes 1 hour for brakes and I can get them done in 25-30 mins. I am still charging that hour.
@@vikingdeity7562 lucky I ain’t blind, because that sounds like robbery to me. Shheeee.
He also pulled it out by hand. Any Subaru in the rust belt an additional hour of heating it and beating it out with a hammer
Where's 500 at 😂 it's 1500 at the dealer
Nicely made video!
However, most of those Subaru bearings are rusted into the hub and not easily removed
This is the best video I've seen on how to do this. I'm going to change mine on my 2018 Impreza, passenger's side rear. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thank you! Definitely let me know.
How did it go?
Ok where in the US are you not the rust belt. I have to do this and im in Mass. I have a full tank of map gas ready to go.
Well done. I have one of these I've been procrastinating on. I thought about doing a video, but I won't have much to add over what you've contributed here.
Hey thanks! I’ve had several bad Subaru hub bearings back to back so I figured I’d finally make a video.
Wow. You're lucky! Just finish mine. Toke 6h and the car is 3y old. Thanks for the info tho.
I LOVE that you added the part numbers and labor time! Many of us hobbyists don't have access to some of these things. Thank you! Sub'd
Outstanding video. My 2018 LR is rough at 38,000. Do you historically have good luck with the Premier brand bearings or do you feel like they're all about the same?
Here at the shop we’ll use Precision or MasterPro from O’Reilly. We also use Timken (which is supposed to be really good), or there is another brand called Durago (cheaper) that we use but honesty I haven’t really had a lot of issues with any of them.
I am about to change my third pair on the rears of my 2018 crosstrek 194k. The first time it was a pain in the butt.
Sheeeeeit, I just did my rear passenger hub last night, it definitely did not come out of the spindle this easily! It was rusted into the spindle and the backing plate/dust cover. Had to use quite a bit of creativity and brute force to get it out, lol.
Great video, just helped me to change my bearing with confidence, thanks for sharing
Don't plan on it popping right off!!! Most of the time you will spend much time trying to get the bearing/hub out of the spindle! PITA!
I’m not auto person at all, with that, what is the purpose of wheel bearings and what happens if you keep driving with this noise for 100,000 more miles?
SW missouri with a 2016 Crosstrek. How screwed am I?
my hub was so rusted it fused with the backing plate, old hub ripped into 3 pieces and i had to disassemble the brake shoes from the backing plate and use a press to get the last piece of the hub off the backing plate. ridiculous. this video helped tho
Uggh! I live in the Northeast and have to do both rear ones.. did you end up having to replace the backing plates?
Remember to replace the bolts and the axle nut. Remember to stake the nut too.
Is this the same for the front bearing as well?
Why didn’t you show the struggle it is to get the bearing off the vehicle?? That doesn’t just slide right out like you showed. We can clearly see all the rust around that bearing.
I didn’t show the struggle because there was no struggle. It came off very easily for me.
That's practically a new car.
Must be nice not to have rust, this job takes hours in northeast Ohio.
Is my 2019 subaru outback going to be the same the replace the rear wheel bearing? Please help.
It will be the same, or at least very similar.
@@jackhfletcherI live in the Northeast and fear it's going to be seized in.. any suggestions on where to whack it or tricks to get it separated?
@carymgc I also have a 2019, how bad was it to do?
You boys out of the rust belt have it too easy. That job world had easily taken two plus hours, a 💩 ton of cussing, a torch, the hub shocker and a 15 lb sludge hammer to get that bearing out, not including the time to get the backing plate off of it!
Boo hoo
Working on rusty cars takes a mechanic. Working on cake like in this video just needs a part changer.
Very nice and clear , well explained , good camera too, I've learned some skills from you today. Thanks man. Subbed.
Nice tutorial! Thank-you! Can I assume that we might as well replace both sides? We are at 104,000 miles, and are just now experiencing the noise. Still early for a bearing failure, IMO!
Is it okay if I put grease on cv axle ?
Great video. Shout out to Katy, Tx
I wonder what's the car mileage here. Bearings gone too early on mine - in 40K and no load! Seems like Subaru sets weak bearings in the back. My Toyota has twice the mileage and heavier use and bearings do not complain. Video is great, at least best that I could find.
Maybe you can help me, I have a 2013 crosstrek already replaced front Shock and shock mount(L&R). Also replaced front suspension assembly(L&R) but I still can feel a wabble everytime I drive the car(rough and paved road).
When you've done one on a Rust Belt Subie, THEN you can call yourself a mechanic. My kid could do this....
I have a 2017 Outback, but it was great video you put together Jack!
I have a great mechanic here in Crown Point, Indiana. Has worked on my cars for years.
I saw a TSB on the Rear Wheel Backing Plate - Design Change. Look it up when you have a chance.
I have been left with no choice but to do this myself...I'm going to replace the pads and rotors while I'm at it....we shall see how it goes!!! I'll let everyone know how it goes in a couple days
Nice job Jack!
you are the luckiest mechanic in the planet... those are made to get frozen in the hub... but nice video easy to follow
Thank you for making this video. It helped me release the spindle from the hub, to knock off the rotor, and to remove the hub from between the brake pads. All good tips. But getting the hub out of the spindle required driving a flat bed screwdriver in the gap between the two to keep widening the gap as they separated.
100% impossible to fully torque the axle nut down.A couple ugga duggas with an impact will not do damage
Can I use WD-40 to help loosen the rust and get it off so I can replace it or what is the best method if mine is stuck on there and slightly rusted..?
I made it till about the 11 minute mark. When he got to the part where he just touched the Hub with a feather and it broke loose I realized this video was not very realistic
So easy a caveman could do it.
This video was awesome help, just sucks i live in NY and had to pound it out with a sledgehammer but step by step otherwise helped greatly
Great video with detailed instructions and torque specs, camera angles etc.
Thank you for this straightforward tutorial you're the man!
Best video to date on wheel bearing replacement! Awesome my friend.
Did you have to remove or replace the speed sensors? @jackhfletcher
Particularly appreciate the tips for those without air tools, and the rotor tip to line up the caliper more easily
Yes, I can hear it. Same sound as my 2017 wrx
Anymore Subaru crosstrek videos? Well detail 👌🏽
That bearing removal is a nightmare with salt or humidity. This must be so cal or the desert
Excellent my brother god bless❤🙏💯💥
thanks, did my 2013 and now no more noisy rear end. cheers.
Great video thank you. I have to replace a wheel stud because the tire shop broke it and it's my problem 😅. So that's my to do this weekend I hope I don't have to replace a wheel hub for a while .
Many tire shops need to learn to use a torque wrench!
I’m about to try this and I’m hoping it goes as smooth as this video
Best explanation video ever! Great job man
When you hammer the lip into the nut is that like staking it? My background is building firearms and staking castle nuts is quite common so I’m curious if this is similar
Yeah, I imagine it’s similar. Hammering the nut prevents it from loosening due to the rotation of the wheel.
Thanks so much for everything you do, can you please tell me is ok to hit rotors is thta going to do anything to emergency break Thanks
You can hit rotors with a metal hammer as long as you hit the rotor in between the wheel studs (NOT on the part where the pads touch) and if you hit the rotor on the part where the pads touch then you need to use a plastic or rubber dead blow hammer.
sometime its dry the bearings out
Great video!! Quick question: do you grease the axel and nuts before reinstalling?
No, just install them dry!
Would it be the same proccess for the front?
Yeah, it’s basically the same. After watching this video you should be able to do the front also.
@Jack Fletcher gonna try and do it tomorrow. I have never done it before, but after watching your video, it gives me confidence that it's possible to do it without any professional experience!
@@jackhfletcher what year is the crosstrek in the video?
How much would you charge a friend to do one of this rear wheel bearing and a rotor for this exact vehicle?
How much do you like this friend? Lol.
I’d probably do at least $150 labor but it’s up to you.
Just had my left rear bearing replaced on my 2018 Crosstrek with 62,000 miles at Richard Lucas Subaru in New Jersey. $967.78. Yea, Subarus least expensive to maintain. Last one I ever buy. 😖
Subaru's are very in expensive to maintain, do the work yourself. if you are going to a mechanic, no car will be inexpensive to maintain.
had my crosstrek from zero to 100k miles. ALL maintenance I did myself. The car is easy and cheap to maintain.
you are so lucky. I have never seen a hub come loose like that. congrats.
The car is only 5 years old and it’s from Texas. Therefore, no rust. If the car were from up north it might be a different story.
I literally tried to beat on my hubs with a 3lb hammer and never got them loose. I ended up having to pay a shop to do it. There's a world of difference whether or not the hubs have been allowed to rust into place.
I'm currently working on one that is also 5 years old. This would take less time than a brake job if I lived in Texas. Another reason to hate northern Virginia.
@@taysmode11Yep, I'm in Springfield and no amount of hammering would remove it.
Lol thank God you're in Texas. I'm in Illinois and it's never this easy
Great video. Thanks for making it
Thanks for watching!
😮 wahooo
Why no high-temp dope on OD at interface fit or inside spline?
As far as I know, there’s no reason to do that.
@@jackhfletcherIf the bearing you installed last much longer then the one you replaced that would make this job harder the next time if not for you then someone else
Don't you have to replace the cv axle nut , with a new one ?
Technically, yes. But I’ve never seen anything bad happen from re-using an axle nut as long as the nut is in good shape and torqued properly.
@@jackhfletcher much appreciated , thanks for the reply .
How long b4 this job comes back in lol