In this video I replace the front wheel bearing and brakes on a 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser. It is a press in bearing but overall a pretty easy job to do. -Enjoy!
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Man you made that look so easy. Great video. I had to replace one on a friend's pt cruiser in my parking lot and had a heck of a time with the lower control arm.
Good video, well done.
Great video. Really appreciate the help.
We’ll done
Very nice and informative
Love the sparks coming off the socket when you were removing the bearing! SMA and his light saber!
A steering wheel puller helps push calipers back. The inside and outside pads don't interchange. Timing belts are known to cause cursing. Your Rear, tail lamp sockets may be used as a test light.
waaaay too easy. No blow torch needed!
You made it look so easy!Nice work.
Found the part number (4668361AD). It's been discontinued and I can't find one. Any thoughts?
I can't even find a pert number for the bearing retainer plate. Any ideas on a place to get one or even the part number? Oh and here in the NaCl capitol I had my Oxy-acetylene tourch on most of the time which was not all bad with a temp of3 degrees and wind chill of -10.
Nice job. Love your videos with M.O.
Love when a plan comes together without a hitch.
IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION, ARE THE PT'S AS AWFUL AS THEY'RE GENERALLY REGARDED?
i KNOW THE CAMBELT IS STUPIDLY INVOLVED TO DO, BUT OTHERWISE?
APART FROM ELECTRICAL GREMLINS?
Mark the strut bolts with a sharpie to avoid the price of an alignment.
That car must they had a California previous life I am never seen you take things apart as easily as you did on on that PT don't you wish they were all that easy there Eric .
Re using the old split pin…tut tut Mr. O. 😉 First time in 5 years of watching I can give Eric some advice in the 'ole comments section'! Just kidding! Great video as usual 👍👍
you got to get a bargain on brake kleen
it is a different world working on a lift
must not be a NY car
I'll never forget when these ugly monstrosities came out and they had waiting lists a mile long. What were people thinking? These are the single ugliest vehicles of all time!
Do you have a part # or a name for that tool set you used to press the bearings in and out? Getting ready to tackle this job on my wife's 09 cruiser and this set will be a life saver.
Seems like everybody either loves or hates those cars. I lean towards the hate side.
I replaced the whole assy from my low mileage spare front end. A month later that bearing cooked too. Can't find a new assy so I'm doing the new bearing per your video. 150k plus miles on the car. Everything came off easy on the first try so this time was easy also. Great video.
good music
Where did you find the lower control arm tool?
thanks for the vid. Wish I had a lift though.
I always find a little lube goes a long way.
Damn good video.
I got the front bearing tool but still take the knuckle off, find it easier since i do shit at ground level
The sub frame is still in its factory paint.
A big puss ball?
Watching older videos and spit out water when he did the Brak-Clean sound the 2nd time cuz he missed the first.. 😉 LOVE IT!
That bearing retainer plate looks kind of sketchy compared to a snap ring in a casting. Never seen that before (never owned a Chrysler product)
Where do you get the red towels? Are they better than the blue?
It's interesting to note that you can buy all the parts and even the harbor freight tool and a manual and still come out way ahead DIY. And next time, it's almost free. I had someone do it and they screwed up the bearing. It was the first time I let someone work on my car and the last.
Man you are always on point sir.
I have a hubshark kit that is practically unused because every time I try to slide hammer the hub out it never moves. The last bearing I replaced maxed out our hydraulic press and the hub still didn't flinch until until I heated up the knuckle with a torch. You know it's stuck when you're getting a cheater pipe to get a little extra force out of the hydraulic press.
🤣What did you expect, it's a PT Cruiser…
they were built to fall apart.🤣
As long as there are Chryslers, mechanics will be able to feed their families.
Hey hey!!! I'm doing this today on a friends Part Time cruiser!
Came to see uf there's a snap ring retainer or not and the torque spec on the hub nut.
Someone who owns a butterfly petting zoo tightened the hub last time and the weight of the braler nar was all it took to break loose.
….im certain the hub nut needs at least 1 ugga dugga
That is normal bearing job out west ..
Never knew PT stands for pleasure touring. Ha! Learned something i didn’t even know I needed.
PT= portable toilet
Where do we find that control arm tool
Eric did i miss something. Did you only do one side brakes?
After having watched this, i can do my Chrysler neon's 2005 bearings in future. But the removal tools might be expensive!
Two hundred forty-four newtons. That's a lot of Fig Newtons.