with all the talks of wheel bearings lately, I figured I'd post some pix and our experience today...
it was a nice day, and i have my garage, my best friend (clifford for those that have met him) asked me if he could use my garage so we could work on his mother-in-laws '04 Envoy and change the wheel bearings (he is also the one that offered up his pix and explination of the power steering lines in a previous thread that he let me reply to since hes not on here much)... soooo... we got to work... the hardest part was actually the axle nut.. for the driver side, we broke 2 1/2" drive rachets, and 2 1/2" breaker bars, before we finally had enough PB Blaster and heat for it to loosen...passanger side came off like it was butter
... i dont have an air compressor and he hadd a little 150 psi portable one, so we had to do things manually.. thank God he had Crafstman.. all we did was go to Sears Hardware, and viola.. new tools
... the passanger bearing was completely gone, broken parts, no grease, etc... you'll see the pix... but overall it took us 2 and a half hours from start to finish of actual work, with about an hour in running to fix tools.. so total of 3 and half hours... onto the pix...
letting the PB Blaster do its work first
the plan of attack
Voy up in the air...
wheel off and axle nut loosened
getting the wheel bearing off..
everything off
old wheel bearing
drivers side all put back together...
rides like a champ now... bearings cost $60 bucks each at a local parts store... they have come way down in price...
it was a nice day, and i have my garage, my best friend (clifford for those that have met him) asked me if he could use my garage so we could work on his mother-in-laws '04 Envoy and change the wheel bearings (he is also the one that offered up his pix and explination of the power steering lines in a previous thread that he let me reply to since hes not on here much)... soooo... we got to work... the hardest part was actually the axle nut.. for the driver side, we broke 2 1/2" drive rachets, and 2 1/2" breaker bars, before we finally had enough PB Blaster and heat for it to loosen...passanger side came off like it was butter


letting the PB Blaster do its work first


the plan of attack


Voy up in the air...

wheel off and axle nut loosened

getting the wheel bearing off..

everything off


old wheel bearing


drivers side all put back together...

rides like a champ now... bearings cost $60 bucks each at a local parts store... they have come way down in price...