Wheel bearing/hub

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I need to do the brakes on my 'Hoe so while that is getting done I am going to go ahead and have the wheel hub and bearings replaced. I have seen a couple of brands out there; Wheels Bearing Inc, SKF, National Bearing.

Who do you guys suggest I go with?
 

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X2 on Timken! I think that replacement part also carried the longest warranty out of the otehr brands.
 

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i believe thats where i got mine from, good price, probably not going to go any cheaper imo. Maybe Summit ?

installing them yourself i assume ?
 

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autozone was $149 and had a warranty. i would look locally first that way should it fail, you can just take it in and get a new one on the spot.

If you are going to order online, rockauto.com has it for $135, if you can get a discount code it will save you 5%.
 
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God call, didn't even bother checking AutoZone, I know Kragen doesn't carry them. That is unless they are just not listed on the site.

Never done wheel hub or brake work myself so I don't know if I will be doing it myself. Going to read a couple of "How To" and see if I have the balls to do it.
 

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I just did mine last weekend. This is what worked for my 03 Yukon. I am pretty sure the setup is the same on yours but not entirely sure.

1. unbolt axle bolt in the middle of the rotor - 36mm
2. pulled wheel and saturated EVERY bolt with pb blaster.
3. unbolt caliper bolts, slide off the calipers. hang with wire off of the upper control arm
4. unbolt caliper brackets, remove the rotor and caliper brackets.
5. unbolt the 6 15mm bolts on the axle attached to the front differential and push it in. It drops right down and hangs
6. place the jack under the lower control arm and raise it so its parallel to the ground. from the back side you should be able to wiggle the axle assembly right out, worse case, you may have to unbolt the lower shock bolt and you get more room but I didnt have to.
7. lower control arm, unbolt the 3 bolts on the back side of the spindle(6pnt short socket)that holds the bearing onto the spindle. The top bolt needed a wrench to loosen. I would leave the bolts still threaded in a bit and with the socket still on it, I used a 7lb sledgehammer and hit the bolts from the back side.
8. The bottom 2 bolts will come out but the top bolt wont come out all the way because of the upper balljoint bolt but once the bearing is out, the bolt can stay there it makes it easier to bolt back up.
9. remove bearing, clean it out. put the new bearing back in and start with the top bolt. follow directions in reverse.
 
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