In this video I bring you along as I replace the rear wheel bearing on a 2012 Ford Fusion FWD 2.5 I also noticed when the lady was in the it had a cracked wheel! Time to throw some parts at this little guy. -Enjoy!
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There viewers welcome back to the south main auto channel. That's a 2012 ford ford fusion. It's got the bek25. It's got a bad wheel bearing.
And it has a broken wheel. So the lady brought it in to check out her noise. And i noticed that her wheel was cracked on the inside beat. So we got our new used wheel probably smacked the pothole with it and broke that uh.
But this bearing here. I don't know if you can hear or not. But it's pretty loud really loud driving down the road uh. So we're gonna get after that and then we gotta see where her exhaust leak is we get our pull pretty easy bearing to change.
Um. Let's see where are we here folks. We have to pull the caliper bracket off and you've got going through this little hole up here with your 14 mil. That's where one of the caliper bracket bolts resides try to do it without looking hopefully.
I've got the right size here. I've got to look uh. I think i grabbed the wrong side it feels a little loose. I think it might be a 13.
What did i grab what a ding dong try this again with the correct size hopefully. There we go that feels a little better oh bring this little fella and she's a screamer. The other one here you just kind of give that one the old fashioned that one comes in right from the top nothing real fancy there trying to give her the one handed handy. While i hold on to you there we go so there's that so once you crack that baby loose.
We can get back up in here with the air ratchet and zippy zap. It right out of there that's a little snugger than i hoped it would be make sure the parking brake cables off all the way here just be on the safe side that might have been just tension from everything holding over so it's got screwy pistons in it so you can't just grab the caliper and you know tweak it back down in this style anyways. Make sure the pads are all wiggly here. Okay.
The brake job doesn't look that old i just want to make sure the pads aren't seized in the bracket because if they are then well you know now you've got to tear the whole thing apart and service the rear brakes uh may have come off a little difficult because of a little bit of a rust ridge. There so now we need to grab a t. Something t25 probably or t30 maybe a t35 or a 40. What do you think they are boom.
First try t40 just like my first it's like my first guess whoa hey hey hey hey that one slid right out jerk oh that's all you want to be huh. I'll beat you i've seen a turn. Oh batman plays a little crusty. Oh piece of the batman plate just hit the floor.
There we go little pop pop get you out of there there's that impact driver classic move. We're gonna slip the rotor off oh it wasn't it was just a chunk of rust off the backing plate. She still sounded like a rock gotta get a little cap off there. There's that you can use a screwdriver chisel chainsaw.
Whatever you got we gotta take that nut off. Oh yeah. First try. It is the ever popular 35 mm. Giddy up there. It is why can't they all be this easy gonna blow the dust off it we're gonna give it just a little spritz up fluid film. We just want to keep the bearing race from getting stuck on the shaft in the future. If your shaft's real rusty.
The old rusty shaft uh you're going to want to take like a little scotch brite brillo. Pad. Scotch brite pad. There and take and shine that up and then slip that baby on and that's pretty much all you have to do always install a new lock nut.
We'll go get the dugga specs for it and see what they are snug it up crimp it down don't just take and ram it back to where it was even though it may go back to the dimpled spot. Always you know torque it to manufacturers spec. Because you can see right now. We're at the dimpled spot.
But we may move past it just slightly. We'll go look it up it is 2 280 inch pounds. There it is 2280 inch pounds 490 foot pounds for you folks to do things and foot bouncing. See.
Where i dimplined it up here. So be warned get your dimple making device. Give her a whackeroo. So it doesn't want to back itself off get.
This slow guy uh. No real need to you know take and jam. This whole full of grease now. This is an open bearing design.
But hold on so you know just be cautious. If you're putting you know packing that thing full of grease you'll make sure. It's compatible with the bearing grease that's in there so now we're going to take and whack that baby on there boom. Shiny looks good now before you go slapping your rotor on make sure you know that it's clean on this on this portion of it get all that dust and dirt junk.
There because you don't want the rotor to have the going on a row like this give you the wobbles so if there's rust and crap in there you have to clean it out good of course blow on it in case. It's asbestos you can get it up in the air for what it's worth we give it a little shot of the fluid film. We realign our rotor put these screws in as tight as you can possibly get them. Especially if you're taking it to a shop to have work done on it just kidding just kidding finger tight's really all they need uh and if you've lost them don't you know forget about it because the uh.
The wheel. Believe it or not will hold the rotor on so we very gingerly put them in for the next fella and then we've got to get the caliper back. Oh you stink feels like it started then we'll take and run those two bolts down of course. We'll uh torque them to factory.
Specs also wheezy all better. What's up miss. Though. Oh you know making bacon yeah.
Getting the bacon actually those are cute little potatoes. What are you making for us. What are you making for us. This is for dinner oh i'm still getting leftovers from lunch still leftovers.
Yeah. I'm gonna be all pulled pork out afterwards work so now you're eating that you got broccoli. What's this thing uh that is a mango that your son wanted. And he's not gonna eat it i don't know if it's like that not a big mango guy myself they're good they're they're really sweet like you yeah well. Thanks thanks for everything you do for us. Let us. Know. When lunch is ready almost forgot to say hi to luna.
Hi. Luna. Hi. How are you doing kitty huh.
There's a little girl is here now we have to go address this the dreaded crack uh no i'm not gonna weld. It the rim's bent too so there food so um not a sponsor. So so oh do i foreign uh well that was easy one more bent wheel broken wheel. Now we gotta see if we can find that exhaust leak and let's say you're gonna torque that wheel sounds like it's up here there it is baby you got your classic resonator.
So i have to put a resonator on it at least. It's not the flex pipe. These things can get be a little bit of a pain to change. It's kind of a few of these like this bracket up on these things will rot out you gotta get that right from the board.
But probably not gonna be long for the world. I see it's looking a little rough there not leaking yet that sucker's all rusted out won't be long for the world will it folks how's it going. It's done am i hungry. It's i 1205 answer.
The question. Oh not really i've been meaning to ask. You oh. Dear you're from tennessee huh.
Really. Only two people in this room. You can't really say that okay no you can't yeah. I can't go i'm the only person you can see girl you're the only ten.
I see you've ruined my whole thing have i used that one on you before oh you think yeah really so i'll come with something new. Okay okay 168k on yo girl and no lights on the dash. That's pretty good back up a little bit here. So that's it for this one folks uh.
Easy peasy a lemon squeezy uh. If you're working on the wheel bearing on these it won't come off the shaft. Just you know tap on it a little bit. They'll typically you know come right off.
I can't say in my experience. Doing these uh personally. I've had the wheel bearings get stuck to uh the spindle at least on these styles on the fords. They usually always come right off the only thing is i have had people not to mention any names.
Josh uh. Try to tap those wheel bearings back in when they're not going precisely on and they do fit pretty precise with just a few you know maybe a thousands of clearance so make sure you you clean and lube the shaft before you go slipping around and if it doesn't go on nice and easy don't don't tap it just calm down okay and uh. I think that's all i had to tell you oh no i don't weld wheels. I don't straighten wheels.
I don't do anything like that wheels are pretty cheap um. So we just get them from the salvage yard and the car this old the wheels aren't pristine so if you get one that has a few nicks on it you know not a big deal and uh gotta get rid of the crack. So don't you do crack. And don't be cracked out go in that comment section. The questions the comments the insti the facebook we're on patreon teespring all that stuff we're everywheres we're like your mother we know everything and we're everywhere and just remember viewers. If i can do it you can do it thanks for watching.
wheels are cheap……ah that rim is easily 100 bucks at the salvage yard.
Needs new rotor that 1 is all grooved up and no good.
Mangos are delicious. The golden ones are even better, ataulfos are this variety.
For some reason, I don't imagine Eric O's a plumbers crack kind of man 😅
love the asmr section haha
That Luna has life figured out.
Would've liked to hear that pop of the bead seating, but you cut it off!
That adhesive prep would have been great when I worked in auto at Walmart. The amount of time having to fight with cleaning the filthy rims that came through only to still have the weights fall off when balancing.
Every time you show under one of these vehicles all I want to do is start poking and scraping all that flaky rust off. It drives me nuts but I understand why you leave it alone. 🙃
Another great video Eric. I work at a tire and lube shop, cracked rims are more common than you think because of how thin the rims are. Use a lot of your videos for quick references. Thank you for all you do.
490 ft lb?…..
Clearly you are in a better mood today then a few days ago. 😃
Because of you and your videos and everything I’ve learned from you I now work in a garage in England and I have just one question, how on earth do you make changing a tyre look so easy? I’ve only been doing them for a few months and I still haven’t got the hang of them!
My Granddad would love that balancer. I can see him hunched over a Bear wheel balancer with his thumb and pinky on the spindle/handle. Sorry, I have no clue what that would be called, but give me one, and I could balance a tire. Shove it under, clamp the hub thing on, and spin it up with the foot pedal.
Your grimy glove left a massive dirt stain on the head of the cat lol
Oh goody. A wheel bearing video.
I guess you did not like the bibs ! I saw you wear them once and never again.
Lemon squeezy and don't do crack. Nice to see the torque wrench.😉.
These fusions are always completely beaten on with their brakes body paint etc. kinda like nissan altimas in my opinion.
Eric
your customers are very fortunate to have you as their mechanic
(cuz you’re genius!)
BIG OIL MARK ON THE HEAD……
That rear rotor looks shot.
She needs new rear rotors,
Just got finished with a 13 hour double shift from a restaurant . Saute. In 100 degree heat. I was in a bad state of mind. Until I saw this. watching/listening to Eric work and Mrs O's smile especially. Hard to stay negative seeing that.
That rotor is trash look at all the grooves it needs to be turned down or replaced it will chew up the pads
No crack here. I'm all jacked up on Mtn. Dew!
Can I get a link on that bead sealer? Or perhaps name/type? What I use is very running, makes a mess every time.
So much iron going to waste in New York via the salty hiways lol
The moral of this story is don’t get bent and drive with crack
What happened to the overalls? Did you get a complete matching set for the entire family?
That outro had me crackin up
What a beautifully easy bearing to remove…..As someone who lives south of the salt belt, I always enjoy watching you northern folks with all the fancy tools to deal with that nonsense. But this one, just gave you a nice easy day. No torches or grinders required today.
SMA don’t do mufflers?
Mr. O, you got grease on Luna's head.. 🤣😂🤣😂
The “dooloodo” awfully sounds like Rainman Rays phone dooloodo🤔.
HAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, love the video….you "crack" me up!!!!
I despise sticky weights.
Is there ever an easier wheel bearing to do in the history of wrenching? That was silly easy.
Good repairs Grest video Appreciate The Entertainment Eric O @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
funny
Love when he pounded on the sharp end of the chisel with the hammer. Like something I’d do
Pretty good – 2 for 2 on first guesses 🙂
Literally laughed out loud at the , "Ol' rusty shaft." I really wish all bearings came out this easily!
That is a super load Wheel Bearing wish they were all that easy to remove and replace 😕 Eric O @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
ford fusion, rear wheel bearing, when you took off the tire a semi was going past your garage same time while working. when a lug was taken off it was shifting gears and it while the air gun. I thought it was a new sound effect that fitted in, but I was wrong. I just liked it. at .33 seconds in.
Great words of encouragement Mr. O. We will keep trying.
I'm guessing the owner didn't want new rotors because those look like sh*t to me!
I laughed "oh yeah 1st try" I find it on the 5th try, which was always my 1st but I didn't use it but wanted to.
What are you using for tire lube? It almost looks like grease does it do well will the road salt?
I have never seen anyone beat on the blade end of a chisel before. Interesting.
The tyre ( yes, that IS the correct spelling 😉 ) change with no voiceover felt like watching one of those Asian restoration videos 🙂
I have never done anything to the front wheel bearings on my Marquis and it is 27 years old with 430,000 I wonder if they are similar? Great video!
Not questioning your judgement here because you are always very thorough, but one question, Why did you not recommend to turn or replace the rotor. To my unprofessional eyes it looked like trash.
that rotor looked like crap
How did I forget to stop by! Just got back from camping trip with the family, Letchworth, Four Mile Creek, it was first time for us doing some NY camping. Beautiful area! Peaceful. This bearing/hub came out so easy I think even the bluebirds were singing the whole time for you. The only surprise was the dirty mits while surveying the kitchen. I have heard of ,'God made dirt and dirt don't hurt' , but when it comes to the grease scene, I think I have to pass.
Nice fix. To bad this car's not long for this world.
you better quit pulling your pork 😘
👍👍
How was that rim cracked and still hold air?
Ford Fusion: Yet another fine throwaway car from the fine Ford Motor Company!😂
"Always install a new lock-nut" @5.59 "Don't just take and ram it back to where it was, even though it may go back to the dimpled spot" If it is a new 🤓nut, how could it go back to the dimpled spot?🤓 Were you reusing the old nut?
Like how ford uses a big ol 35mm axle nut for the fusion, but a littlleeee baby I think 13mm? On some of there truck front axles.
Salt potatoessss
What is it with Ford and their shitty rims?
I had a 1992 Ford Taurus wth a rim that actually rusted through and wouldn't hold air.
Never had that on any other vehicle before or since then.
Ten i see. That’s funny 😎🇺🇸
Mrs O is hot. Nice job.
nobody likes a rusty shaft! always polish it
Greetings from Ten-I-see.
Hi, Mr. O. I was happy to see a wheel bearing that was so easy to replace. There are still lessons to learn though. Mrs. O. does a great lunch! Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Mr O, can I suggest you wear some hearing protection while you work? They have units like sunglasses you can leave around your neck. As a musician and a mechanic my hearing is getting worse and worse over time. Might help save you some grief. It's Progressive.
Eric is Josh still working for you?????
Lube before you start….words to live by Mr. O!!!
is that goop on the rim tire lube or a bead seal of some kind ? most of the stuff i see around here is either a liquid or white paste for tire lube
What's the black tire lube? I've always used the ruglyde from napanotasponsor. Always looking for the latest greatest.
Two Foci in one week!The Apocalypse must be near…
Whackeroo…I like that!! Thanks as always, Eric! 😁
Mrs O looking very nice!
Way to kill a chisel.
Not surprised by by how easy peasy you made this job look even if it was one of the easier jobs that you've shown lately. But my God the rust. Does NY age metal in dog years? I'm in the big Kaintuck Common Wealth which equals 0 to none and have seen many older vehicles 20+ whose undersides are just now getting their first layer of surface rust. That's a good PSA about the cracked rim.
We always said if it won't fit you need a bigger hammer !
You can tell that lady is a local!
Pleasure as always Sir
what a shit spot for a carrier bolt
Would you buy that poor woman a food processor already?!
Mr. O have you ever filmed a project that you have never seen before for and had a problem with it? Or most likely try it out first so you don't get stumped on camera! I'm not saying making a mistake, more like the old manufacturer doing something new that you have never seen before?
My 99 Civic has the same style rear bearings. Easy to replace.
The old man at my shop is the king of the one liners. He said he is like Horse 🐴 crap 💩. He is everywhere.
DPRNY
"Don't do crack!" I'm 58 and can say without a scintilla of hesitation that I have never once done crack. Though who knows. Once I reach 80 I might need a boost to liven things up.😂
crack is whack!💪🏼🇺🇸💯SMA
How great would the world be, if everyone had a Mom and Dad like Mr. and Mrs. O?
Upper NY muffler?
Speaking of bolt torque I ask my dad how tight to tighten head bolts, he said “get them as tight as you can the tighten them another half turn”. I did break the first head bolt off. He lifted the head off and used his pocket knife to remove the broken of bolt. This happened many years ago. I always enjoy your videos, keep them coming. 👍
I must those pretend type Torx Bits cos when mine see an Impact Screwdriver the tips usually Snap Off making it so much easier to remove those countersunk screws! 🤭
My daughter has ruined 2 rims and 4 tires on her 2011 Fusion Sport by hitting pot holes. Took photo of pot holes on two of them and got refunded by county.
Well that was a nice one. Hey I watch some old 7 year old video where Mrs. O was working on her car because you didn't have time. She did a great job. Better watch out someone is going to swoop in and steal her from you. She's a keeper.
Not like you to have a job go that easy🤣🤣🤣