Well done mate, those hub bolts are hard work ! I'm sat waiting for mine to be delivered (front right) and just like yourself I will be on the floor outside replacing it without any fancy tools just honest hard graft to get the car back on the road ! many thanks for your video!
Been there so many times, working on suspension always is physically exhausting with seized items that include levering and lots of whacking with a club hammer. Often I start one day, get so far , hit bit of a wall, get refreshed overnight and finish off next day. Those wrong bolts were a challenge!
I guess another way of removing the hub nut without an assistant, could be to leave the wheel on the car and remove the centre alloy cap. Apply handbrake, then heave ho on your breaker bar with your socket through the middle of the wheel. But anyway the screwdriver in the disc method is a good one. Dont apologise for not following an "official" procedure, you did the job and you did it properly, good job Craig.👍👍👍
You got there in the end mate. Good work. If the wheel bearing was faulty it would have given you an ABS warning light on your dashboard. I’m assuming you didn’t have that so you may have caught this problem before it became worse and resulted in the warning light appearing. I had the same problem with my SRI. Noticed the whirring noise for a while. Turned up the music and ignored it 🫣..but eventually my ABS warning light came on. I changed the wheel bearing myself which is the same procedure you’ve done with the VXR. Once done the warning light went out. Job done. Always use copper grease to the bits that need them. Makes life much easier if it’s being taken apart again. Well done 👍
You done a good job there mate specially for doing it on the floor you got there in the end and specially figuring out different thread sizes most people would’ve carried on doing them up lol but you the man good video and good content as always 💯👌🏼
Awesome video as always bud. Love the car and love seeing going round Redditch. Where u get ur wheel bearing kit from bud as need to do both sides in my sri turbo which is same kit
Yo mate can I just buy black indication surrounds for my corsa as they currently are silver.do I just pull them off and fit black.ones any advice much appreciated hope all going well bro
It’s the journey of fixing a car that makes it special haha! Did you hit the hub when trying to remove the track rod end? Because you need to, quite hard and quite a lot sometimes to shock the ball joint. Hitting the nut isn’t shocking anything
What's the saying "your only ever one bolt away from a 3 day job? " Hats off to you though I didn't touch mine in that heat. Awesome content though so every cloud aye 👊
Hi mate! How much did it cost for you to have stem seals done? I have Blue smoke, only when idling for a while and the revving the engine, or pulling away. Annoying.
You know the bit behind the hub you removed thin peice of metal have u checked your caliper isnt rubbing on disc now i had to put that back on was a pain haha
I done one on a zafira vxr. The thing wouldnt come out the hub. it was a nightmare I done loads but the vxr zafira was nightmare of a car it was bodged up damaged car everything was broke on it took me months to make it mint for mate
@@Yodaracing1 lol I wished I thought of bolt. The car just scared me mate everything was bodged and broke on it I went to do timing belt I found horrors when took the cover off hex tensioner pulley bolt was chewed to death I had to get welder out to weld extra nut on it 😂😂😂 . Keep up the good work on your channel mate. your advice will help others out with there astra zafira vxr.
Well done mate, those hub bolts are hard work ! I'm sat waiting for mine to be delivered (front right) and just like yourself I will be on the floor outside replacing it without any fancy tools just honest hard graft to get the car back on the road ! many thanks for your video!
Cheers mate good luck buddy
Hi bud thanks for shout out👍 from the bloke in the red Ttrs another great video you knocked it out in the end👊
Cheers man !! Car looked spot on aswell
Been there so many times, working on suspension always is physically exhausting with seized items that include levering and lots of whacking with a club hammer. Often I start one day, get so far , hit bit of a wall, get refreshed overnight and finish off next day. Those wrong bolts were a challenge!
Haha I agree was annoying to get to the part where it was ready to go back on only to find out the bolts supplied were wrong lol
Love what you do bro, I have a corsa. I watch and appreciate 🙏 thank you Stu and Gabs
Cheers mate 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I guess another way of removing the hub nut without an assistant, could be to leave the wheel on the car and remove the centre alloy cap. Apply handbrake, then heave ho on your breaker bar with your socket through the middle of the wheel. But anyway the screwdriver in the disc method is a good one. Dont apologise for not following an "official" procedure, you did the job and you did it properly, good job Craig.👍👍👍
Not a bad idea that tbf mate and thank u mate means a lot that 🤙🏻
You got there in the end mate. Good work. If the wheel bearing was faulty it would have given you an ABS warning light on your dashboard. I’m assuming you didn’t have that so you may have caught this problem before it became worse and resulted in the warning light appearing. I had the same problem with my SRI. Noticed the whirring noise for a while. Turned up the music and ignored it 🫣..but eventually my ABS warning light came on. I changed the wheel bearing myself which is the same procedure you’ve done with the VXR. Once done the warning light went out. Job done. Always use copper grease to the bits that need them. Makes life much easier if it’s being taken apart again. Well done 👍
Cheers mate really appreciate that nah no light just a hum lol 🤙🏻
@@Yodaracing1 you caught it just in time 👍
You done a good job there mate specially for doing it on the floor you got there in the end and specially figuring out different thread sizes most people would’ve carried on doing them up lol but you the man good video and good content as always 💯👌🏼
Nice one mate appreciate that yea was a battle especially in the heat but sorted it eventually lol
@@Yodaracing1 You the man you will always get there 💪🏼👍🏼
Got there in the end with it didn’t we just annoying that they stuck the bolt kit for a vectra c in the first one
100% mate
Fair play
Fixed & happy
Awesome video as always bud. Love the car and love seeing going round Redditch.
Where u get ur wheel bearing kit from bud as need to do both sides in my sri turbo which is same kit
Nice one mate ! And got it from my mate who works at that car parts place opposite where Volvo used to be
Yo mate can I just buy black indication surrounds for my corsa as they currently are silver.do I just pull them off and fit black.ones any advice much appreciated hope all going well bro
Yea pretty sure they are just glued on mate most people paint them then refit
It’s the journey of fixing a car that makes it special haha!
Did you hit the hub when trying to remove the track rod end? Because you need to, quite hard and quite a lot sometimes to shock the ball joint. Hitting the nut isn’t shocking anything
I did hammer it as much as I dare but it was sooo hot I just wanted to get it done lol which ended up being a fail anywya haha
What's the saying "your only ever one bolt away from a 3 day job? " Hats off to you though I didn't touch mine in that heat. Awesome content though so every cloud aye 👊
Haha cheers mate
Sick video man 👌🏻😜
Cheers man 🤙🏻
Nice video mate but man your luck is about as good as mine lool glad it's all sorted now buddy 👍🏼 😉
Haha yea I’m cursed cheers mate
Hi mate! How much did it cost for you to have stem seals done? I have Blue smoke, only when idling for a while and the revving the engine, or pulling away. Annoying.
Is it smoking when cold ?
@@Yodaracing1 No Mate, Doesn't smoke at all whilst idiling, or when I drive as far as I am aware. Not even on startup when it's been left over night
You should replace valve guides and stem seals and the problem will be gone
@@chemicalyinbalanced sounds like turbo seals to me mate tbh
You know the bit behind the hub you removed thin peice of metal have u checked your caliper isnt rubbing on disc now i had to put that back on was a pain haha
The heatshield yea I refitted it didn’t notice till I went in the boot for the disc so had to take it all off again lol
I did the same was gutted hah
@@alexgeorge2418 😂😂 easily done haha
I done one on a zafira vxr. The thing wouldnt come out the hub. it was a nightmare I done loads but the vxr zafira was nightmare of a car it was bodged up damaged car everything was broke on it took me months to make it mint for mate
Yes mine was stubborn that’s why I used the old bolts to force it out lol least your mate got a sorted car after 🤙🏻
@@Yodaracing1 lol I wished I thought of bolt. The car just scared me mate everything was bodged and broke on it I went to do timing belt I found horrors when took the cover off hex tensioner pulley bolt was chewed to death I had to get welder out to weld extra nut on it 😂😂😂 . Keep up the good work on your channel mate. your advice will help others out with there astra zafira vxr.
@@malcolmcowan9554 bloody hell deffo doesn’t sound good that 😂😂 cheers mate it’s really appreciated 🤙🏻
Bro you forgot to install the sheet metal behind the wheel bearing.
I never forgot just didn’t put them back on cuz they were rotten
You needed bits and bit of advice bell me bro . Had spare bolts
Cheers mate 🤙🏻