Front wheel bearing replacement

Groo2 · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 11:32 pm

Anyone know off the cuff what size of sockets will need to swap out my front wheel hubs, and are the hubs on parts geek dot com any good?

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2005/jeep/liberty/driveshaft_-ar-_axle/wheel_hub_assembly.html

or if these are worth my time
http://www.am-autoparts.com/Jeep/Liberty/wheel-bearing-hub-front/AM-22182746/349692.html

Thanks,

Groo

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 4:19 am

The axle nut is 35mm.

ridenby · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 8:24 am

E-16 for bolts on hub bearing. Get Timken bearings.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon May 23, 2011 10:06 pm

35mm socket and you will need the reverse touqx (TOO TIRED TO SPELL) bits

Groo2 · **Posted:** Mon May 23, 2011 10:44 pm

Thank you all for your input, getting the tools and hubs this week... this week they should be replaced with copious beer.

Cheers,

Groo

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2011 1:35 am

Groo2 wrote:

Thank you all for your input, getting the tools and hubs this week... this week they should be replaced with copious beer.

Cheers,

Groo

How did it go, hoping to do them myself quite soon (Jeep is undrivable the noise is so bad) Coming from a noob with enough experience to get in too deep.

Groo2 · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2011 2:08 am

Drives like a dream again, really it is a night and day difference. The job is not too bad, just time consuming. Thanks to all for the advice. Oh some swivels come in handy when you are trying to get to the E-16 bolts on the back of the hub assembly.

Thanks to all,
Groo

KJWildman · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2011 10:01 am

Groo2 wrote:

Thank you all for your input, this week they should be replaced with copious beer.

Cheers,

Groo

So .... the beer makes them stop squealing?

Groo2 · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2011 4:45 pm

No the beer does not make the bearings quit squealing, nor does it make me a better wrench. The only thing beer does is make things more fun, and add satisfaction to a job....especially when all the beer you drink is beer you made yourself. Only problems with beer are you have to wait till you sober up to do a test drive, and how efficiantly it flushes your system.....hmmm beer in the master cylinder or tranny may cure some woes...

Thanks again Gents, and I do so enjoy the humor here,

Groo

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2011 9:25 pm

any part numbers on a timken bearing? what is this modified flange shape?

Groo2 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:59 am

I don't know about the modified flange, it did not catch my eye. At the time I could only find nationals with the ABS sensor from partsgeek, so I used what was available. The nationals hub had the same part numbers and country of manufacture as my OEM hubs so I figured it wouldn't hurt to use them (that country being Canada). You could also look at rockauto or mopar parts online, but as I recall mopar only had the left assembly in stock, I needed the right.

I hope this is useful,

Groo

MirageX · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:48 pm

Good information, as always, guys!
The star socket (or reverse torx) is an E-14, rather than an E-16, though!

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