2011-2019 Ford Explorer Front Hub Bearing Assembly Replacement How-To

This video will show you how to replace the front hub and bearing assemblys on the 2011-2019 Ford Explorer. Hub assembly were purchased off of Amazon and I will provide a link to them below.

[stevenhedstrom]

A nice and easy video to follow. I like the calm coolness of your voice.

[cartermagirl]

Wow best lighting, camera angles, and explanation I’ve seen on a car repair video I’ve seen yet

[ranckie]

Great video. Your filming, clarity, and editing is excellent, and you get right to the point without a lot of meaningless dribble, but you explain everything very well as you go. Nice job!

[tonymarshall]

Best how to video I have watched plenty of light so you can see everything. No B.S. you got all the torque specs no skipping over anything. Thanks.

[stanleycollins]

So far this is the best (quickest and simplest) hub removal I've seen on YouTube. I use a slide hammer also.

[bluefenix]

Glad I found this video. My dad and I were trying the bolt and nut method of removing the hub with no real luck. Had to stop early tonight, but hoping to pick up a slide hammer tomorrow and create a smooth finish to the process.

[worldsworstyakanglerwa]

Thx good video, with your clear no fluff instructions I was able to knock this out in no time.

[willu]

Informative, to the point while smoothly getting the job done. T. Y. 👍

[kdr]

Excellent Video !!! Thankyou...Will be doing mine this
weekend :)

[rp]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, GOING TO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE MINE IN THE COMING WEEKS! VERY HELPFUL! THANK YOU

[vladimirmozer]

Hi and thanks for a very informative video. One note from the workshop manual (2011 Explorer though) - It states that the hub nut (both front and rear wheel hubs) must be tightened before the vehicle is lowered to the ground. Also the torque spec for the wheel hub nut is 258lb-ft (350 Nm).

[SteveOO]

Thank you so much for this video you saved me money and made me feel good that I pulled it off following your steps!

[mylowproject]

Very good not all that hard other than unsticking the hub. Thanks for your videos.

[johnweiss]

Are the front and rear hubs the same? You made this look too easy. Good job

[wilder]

Excellent work. Hopefully a video coming soon of 2018 Jeep GC alternator replacement.

[walberto]

Great freaking video I was able to change both hubs on my 2014 explorer

[NeritaHuarancca-lzwq]

Buen video qué momento se volvió t40 y después usastes t30

[solasolar]

Thanks for the video. Did the ABS light pop up when you started the car? Mine did. I'm now sure what the mechanic did.

[rickhuff]

I have done this job on a GMC truck a half dozen times and the procedure is essentially the same. I now drive a 2018 Ford Explorer XLT and, unfortunately, this procedure doesn't apply. Here's what I found.

Everything went smoothly until I had to remove the 4 nuts on the wheel hub. I have a variety of 18 mm sockets; deep well, impact, medium (1/2") and short (3/8") and none will go on these bolts in a straight fashion like those done in the video. There simply isn't all that space around the bolts. Tried and tried but managed to only get one of them to move. I even moved the steering back and forth but there was just no way to get at them with a socket.

I sprayed both ends of each bolt with penetrating spray and waited. I managed to loosen one with an 18mm box wrench but when I tried with another it wouldn't budge. So, I used the old leverage trick. I slipped a long pipe over the wrench for better leverage. It was so tight the box end of the box wrench broke off! I've never seen that happen before and these bolts are not rusted.

There is virtually no rust on this vehicle mainly because it hasn't been driven much or has it seen any bad winters. The only thing I can come up with is there was either thread lock on the bolts or this particular bolt was cross threaded during initial assembly. I stopped what I was doing, put it all back together and will take it to a pro. Most likely it will require some heat to get those loose.

[kennethmorrow]

Just curious but why do final torque on the axle nut with the wheels on the ground? Is it just because it’s easier to prevent the assembly from spinning. I usually use a long prybar in between the lugs and the handle against the ground in order to achieve final torque