The Most Feared Job Of All Time.
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Date: 2023-07-08
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Hachiro
Did this on the neighbor s 08 Tribeca.
Didn t know what I was in for. Took like 5 hours, and a lot of hammering. Arms were sore for a week.
After that I made a list of things I would replace, things I never would, and how much I would charge to replace things for him. He hasn t asked me to do anything for him since xD
I know he was using me as cheap labor. It was kind of an experiment for me. Wanting to see if I d want to get into working on cars as a career. Decided against it, and that I ll just stay at my current job of 7 years for now.
I ll still do maintenance for my own car, and my dad s car. (Live with parents still. Try and do a bunch to help them as thanks) Including changing tires. But I don t have the excitement for doing simple oil changes on my family s cars as I did a few years ago.
Did get to change my first window 2 weeks ago though. When my dad s Kia Soul almost got stolen.
And I just finished installing a basic alarm system for it, to hopefully prevent another attempt. (Sourcing the steering column stuff was hard / expensive. Super easy to get the glass though)
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Did this on the neighbor s 08 Tribeca.
Didn t know what I was in for. Took like 5 hours, and a lot of hammering. Arms were sore for a week.
After that I made a list of things I would replace, things I never would, and how much I would charge to replace things for him. He hasn t asked me to do anything for him since xD
I know he was using me as cheap labor. It was kind of an experiment for me. Wanting to see if I d want to get into working on cars as a career. Decided against it, and that I ll just stay at my current job of 7 years for now.
I ll still do maintenance for my own car, and my dad s car. (Live with parents still. Try and do a bunch to help them as thanks) Including changing tires. But I don t have the excitement for doing simple oil changes on my family s cars as I did a few years ago.
Did get to change my first window 2 weeks ago though. When my dad s Kia Soul almost got stolen.
And I just finished installing a basic alarm system for it, to hopefully prevent another attempt. (Sourcing the steering column stuff was hard / expensive. Super easy to get the glass though)
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huzudra
We've done 4 of these in the past year, one was really low miles garage kept and came apart easy by Subaru standards. The other was not and did not. We took both our big bore air hammers and ran them to rotate the bearing in opposite direction from the other to spin it in the knuckle. Pushed it back and forth a few times then lined up one behind the knuckle to push out on the hub and it pooped right out. Other side slide hammered out once we spun it with both air hammers. A good alternate method if your welder sucks. We have 3 498 hammers in the shop, such is Chicago life! A tip on keeping your 498 pointed punches from turning into flat punches, I case hardened mine crudely with the torch and some used oil, it's held it's point for a long time now.
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We've done 4 of these in the past year, one was really low miles garage kept and came apart easy by Subaru standards. The other was not and did not. We took both our big bore air hammers and ran them to rotate the bearing in opposite direction from the other to spin it in the knuckle. Pushed it back and forth a few times then lined up one behind the knuckle to push out on the hub and it pooped right out. Other side slide hammered out once we spun it with both air hammers. A good alternate method if your welder sucks. We have 3 498 hammers in the shop, such is Chicago life! A tip on keeping your 498 pointed punches from turning into flat punches, I case hardened mine crudely with the torch and some used oil, it's held it's point for a long time now.
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Eric
I do all the mechanical work for my family and friends, not a professional and not my day job. However I have a work in progress shop setup. My sister has a Subaru. Oh noooo. Now I NEED to buy a welder. Being from upstate NY myself, my time spent on what should be the easiest of jobs takes forever. 80% of the time battling rust getting the part out, 35% looking for the tool / part I just had in my hand 20 seconds ago, 20% cleaning rust off the parts, and 5% putting it all back together. The extra 40% is time over I planned / thought it would take to complete.
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I do all the mechanical work for my family and friends, not a professional and not my day job. However I have a work in progress shop setup. My sister has a Subaru. Oh noooo. Now I NEED to buy a welder. Being from upstate NY myself, my time spent on what should be the easiest of jobs takes forever. 80% of the time battling rust getting the part out, 35% looking for the tool / part I just had in my hand 20 seconds ago, 20% cleaning rust off the parts, and 5% putting it all back together. The extra 40% is time over I planned / thought it would take to complete.
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George
Piece of cake, compared to a Hondoo front strut thru-bolt. It rusts along its length into the rubber bushing. They did use a special cadmium-plated and fluted bolt but they still rust solid after 12 years in the rust belt. You can try hammers, air hammers, torches, and whatnot, hardly ever comes loose. You see it's rubber-cushioned so hammering on it does nothing. I've had to slowly burn out the rubber, annoying all the neighbors, then sawzalling out the metal wrap of the bushing, probably nicking the knuckle real good. I've done six of them. Never again.
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Piece of cake, compared to a Hondoo front strut thru-bolt. It rusts along its length into the rubber bushing. They did use a special cadmium-plated and fluted bolt but they still rust solid after 12 years in the rust belt. You can try hammers, air hammers, torches, and whatnot, hardly ever comes loose. You see it's rubber-cushioned so hammering on it does nothing. I've had to slowly burn out the rubber, annoying all the neighbors, then sawzalling out the metal wrap of the bushing, probably nicking the knuckle real good. I've done six of them. Never again.
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spelunkerd
So many videos of new Subaru bearings show these are easy, the neophyte is lulled into a false sense of confidence! The sign of experience is the way multiple options come to mind depending on the circumstance. I welded together a hub buster tool, but if the sideways pounding splits the bearing I'm back where you started. It's interesting to see how in the Subaru, the old time-consuming strategy to remove the axle first by disassembling the ball joint is replaced by methods that allow the axle to stay home.
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So many videos of new Subaru bearings show these are easy, the neophyte is lulled into a false sense of confidence! The sign of experience is the way multiple options come to mind depending on the circumstance. I welded together a hub buster tool, but if the sideways pounding splits the bearing I'm back where you started. It's interesting to see how in the Subaru, the old time-consuming strategy to remove the axle first by disassembling the ball joint is replaced by methods that allow the axle to stay home.
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Mel
Morning Eric. I have a pocket book nightmare. I recently had to have a transfer case seal repaired on our 2017 nissan murano. To replace the seals they must remove the passenger side axle. Had to cut the axle hanger bracket. pull the axle and you can't get the old bearing off. so. new axle. new bearing. new hanger. to replace 75 of seals. Total job = 1999. 70 can. IF you ever do this job I would to watch. I think repair will beat you Subaru axle bearing job. .Thanks from Mel.
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Morning Eric. I have a pocket book nightmare. I recently had to have a transfer case seal repaired on our 2017 nissan murano. To replace the seals they must remove the passenger side axle. Had to cut the axle hanger bracket. pull the axle and you can't get the old bearing off. so. new axle. new bearing. new hanger. to replace 75 of seals. Total job = 1999. 70 can. IF you ever do this job I would to watch. I think repair will beat you Subaru axle bearing job. .Thanks from Mel.
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John
Eric I wished you posted this 3 weeks ago. I spent 5 hours trying to break loose the bearing in my 2009 forester. I used the bolt forcing trick, air hammer and lots of beating. ended up taking the knuckle out and placing it on boards and hammering it out. Once the knuckle was out it wasn t too bad to hammer out. if I would have taken the knuckle out right away it would have saved me 4 hours thanks for this trick adding it to my bag of tricks for next time
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Eric I wished you posted this 3 weeks ago. I spent 5 hours trying to break loose the bearing in my 2009 forester. I used the bolt forcing trick, air hammer and lots of beating. ended up taking the knuckle out and placing it on boards and hammering it out. Once the knuckle was out it wasn t too bad to hammer out. if I would have taken the knuckle out right away it would have saved me 4 hours thanks for this trick adding it to my bag of tricks for next time
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jcnikoley
I did both of my rears after my Subaru had spent a year in Minnesota. Did it in my driveway with hand tools. I did the tap the bolts from behind method. I didn t have any other options. I hadn t done it before, and expected to be done in about 30 minutes. Roll in the SpongeBob clip four hours later I have much better tools now, but haven t had to do another one. I ve done a few on my wife s vehicle, but she has a Toyota, easy Peezy.
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I did both of my rears after my Subaru had spent a year in Minnesota. Did it in my driveway with hand tools. I did the tap the bolts from behind method. I didn t have any other options. I hadn t done it before, and expected to be done in about 30 minutes. Roll in the SpongeBob clip four hours later I have much better tools now, but haven t had to do another one. I ve done a few on my wife s vehicle, but she has a Toyota, easy Peezy.
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Sandbag1300
What if you made two 1. 5 inch long, 1. 0 inch wide, and 1/4 inch thick metal plates. Two holes in each plate. One hole for the existing bearing bolt and the other hole for the bolt that will screw down to release the bearing plate. Position each plate so they use opposite side existing bearing bolt holes. Weld one nut securely to each metal plate where the bolt to release the bearing will go. Weld the nut once, not every time.
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What if you made two 1. 5 inch long, 1. 0 inch wide, and 1/4 inch thick metal plates. Two holes in each plate. One hole for the existing bearing bolt and the other hole for the bolt that will screw down to release the bearing plate. Position each plate so they use opposite side existing bearing bolt holes. Weld one nut securely to each metal plate where the bolt to release the bearing will go. Weld the nut once, not every time.
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Eduardo
I had the extreme fortune to do a set of rear bearings on a 2015 legacy. Im a shad tree mechanic and quite luckily the car only had about 80k in miles. It took me a total of 3 hours for both rear bearings and after watching numerous horrendous videos in the subject i was really surprised how lucky i got. Now all i have to do is replace them about every 5 years to make sure i dont have a nightmare scenario. Have a great day folks.
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I had the extreme fortune to do a set of rear bearings on a 2015 legacy. Im a shad tree mechanic and quite luckily the car only had about 80k in miles. It took me a total of 3 hours for both rear bearings and after watching numerous horrendous videos in the subject i was really surprised how lucky i got. Now all i have to do is replace them about every 5 years to make sure i dont have a nightmare scenario. Have a great day folks.
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MrTickles
Neat welding trick! You can also weld yourself a custom slide hammer adaptor from old wheel studs. Those wheel bearing bolts are the same pitch as the wheel studs. The bearing accepts the stud from the wrong side and you can just whack it out! No need to dissasemble the parking brake shoes. Here in north those subies rust a lot and haven't yet lost to a single bearing with this trick. You need a hefty slide hammer though.
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Neat welding trick! You can also weld yourself a custom slide hammer adaptor from old wheel studs. Those wheel bearing bolts are the same pitch as the wheel studs. The bearing accepts the stud from the wrong side and you can just whack it out! No need to dissasemble the parking brake shoes. Here in north those subies rust a lot and haven't yet lost to a single bearing with this trick. You need a hefty slide hammer though.
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eldoradony
Interesting approach. I do many of these Subarus. I bought the bar that bolts onto the hub face. I count the blows with the 8 lb sledge hammer and I have never exceeded 20. I was a bit surprised that the bearing came out of the backing plate with so little work. I usually have to resort to heat and hammering. I found out about the bar from a friend who is a Subaru service manager.
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Interesting approach. I do many of these Subarus. I bought the bar that bolts onto the hub face. I count the blows with the 8 lb sledge hammer and I have never exceeded 20. I was a bit surprised that the bearing came out of the backing plate with so little work. I usually have to resort to heat and hammering. I found out about the bar from a friend who is a Subaru service manager.
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James
No need for park brake shoe removel. Leave axle nut in, remove abs sensor. Unbolt bewring from spindle, hit with hub tamer. It will remove the assembly but the bearing will get stuck in backing plate. Get large metal ring to support shoes and then dance ur air hammer around the back of bearing race. Carefull u dont mushroom the bearing race but it ussually comes right out
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No need for park brake shoe removel. Leave axle nut in, remove abs sensor. Unbolt bewring from spindle, hit with hub tamer. It will remove the assembly but the bearing will get stuck in backing plate. Get large metal ring to support shoes and then dance ur air hammer around the back of bearing race. Carefull u dont mushroom the bearing race but it ussually comes right out
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Dan
It was probably that millionth and one time, it would've sunk in, and you deprived me of it. Oh, and you almost made me soil myself with the brake clean. Good job. Like they say in AA. Thanks for sharin. Or was it Sharon? While I have never done a soobaaloo, I have flipped the brake rotor and used a jack to pop them off, IF you have something to push against. Thanks, Eric.
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It was probably that millionth and one time, it would've sunk in, and you deprived me of it. Oh, and you almost made me soil myself with the brake clean. Good job. Like they say in AA. Thanks for sharin. Or was it Sharon? While I have never done a soobaaloo, I have flipped the brake rotor and used a jack to pop them off, IF you have something to push against. Thanks, Eric.
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SH
Diyer here. I used the wheel hub removal tool where you attach remover to the hub then used a sledge hammer on it. Worked out in a few bonks. I pushed the CV axle on the second one and it came out in 2 hits. I'm in NYC where we got salt but this looked a lot worse than mine.
Funny to see the exhaust hanger broke off. Subarus seem to have same common failures
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Diyer here. I used the wheel hub removal tool where you attach remover to the hub then used a sledge hammer on it. Worked out in a few bonks. I pushed the CV axle on the second one and it came out in 2 hits. I'm in NYC where we got salt but this looked a lot worse than mine.
Funny to see the exhaust hanger broke off. Subarus seem to have same common failures
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lawrence
Nissan is the same way, I just had to change both my rear wheel barrings on my rogue, the whole day spent with a torch and a big Tanya Harding, started at 7 in the morning, got done around 11 at night, they just would not budge, but I did get it done, yea diy is not fun when have very little to work with, grate vid Erik O, thanks for the nut and bolt tip,
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Nissan is the same way, I just had to change both my rear wheel barrings on my rogue, the whole day spent with a torch and a big Tanya Harding, started at 7 in the morning, got done around 11 at night, they just would not budge, but I did get it done, yea diy is not fun when have very little to work with, grate vid Erik O, thanks for the nut and bolt tip,
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TC
I wonder if the rears are worse than the fronts? I just did one of my front ones after 7 yrs, 165k miles with no real issues. I vaporized the bearing grease because of stuck brake pads. I just hit the hub face from behind with a couple pound sledge hammer. If that didn't work I was going to knock out a wheel stud and push with a 1/2 bolt against the knuckle.
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I wonder if the rears are worse than the fronts? I just did one of my front ones after 7 yrs, 165k miles with no real issues. I vaporized the bearing grease because of stuck brake pads. I just hit the hub face from behind with a couple pound sledge hammer. If that didn't work I was going to knock out a wheel stud and push with a 1/2 bolt against the knuckle.
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Christopher
I literally just watched your old video on rear subaru wheel bearings. Think mine needs to be replaced too. Have a sqeak that reacts to speed on the left side. Haven't looked at it yet but my hunch is its a wheel bearing. I drive an 2011 Sti in Staten Island, NY. Your videos make me want to pay a guy
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I literally just watched your old video on rear subaru wheel bearings. Think mine needs to be replaced too. Have a sqeak that reacts to speed on the left side. Haven't looked at it yet but my hunch is its a wheel bearing. I drive an 2011 Sti in Staten Island, NY. Your videos make me want to pay a guy
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volksjager
interesting method, i will have to give that a shot. ive always just used a 5 pound hammer and beat the the hub until it comes out(sometimes for a half hour) i would highly recommend anyone doing this to pop out he ABS sensor before starting. they are super easy to break off while removing the hub
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interesting method, i will have to give that a shot. ive always just used a 5 pound hammer and beat the the hub until it comes out(sometimes for a half hour) i would highly recommend anyone doing this to pop out he ABS sensor before starting. they are super easy to break off while removing the hub
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