Front wheel bearing hub replacement procedure. (archive)

Since I just went through this, I wanted to share my experience here.
In all, this is a fairly easy job, around an hour with proper tool. The only special tool is the huge 46mm or 1 13/16 socket. I got mine with the 3/4 breaker bar at flee market for $45 CDN. Beside that, no special tool required.

1) Jack up car securely on stand.
2) Remove front wheel.
3) Remove brake caliper, pads (2x7mm hex nuts) and disk.
4) Suspend caliper out of way.
5) Remove dust cap to access the 46mm nut.
6) Use your breaker bar with a long (3' or more)pipe to loose the nut. Make sure to use down force to not pop car off the stand. This is not hard with proper tool.
7)Pull the hub. Mine came right away.

Clean-up the tip of the ABS sensor. This magnet attracts particle which can fool the system.

Use reverse procedure to assemble.
USe a new 46mm nut, torque is 240lbs (TO BE CONFIRMED).

Hope this help,
Daniel

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