Impala Wheel Bearing (OT)

Hey everyone I gotta question for you all

How easy is it for me to replace my own wheel bearing on my 2000 Impala?

Also is getting the part from NAPA a good idea?

Christos

Yep,NAPA and do it yourself,no problem. Hoss

Assuming it's a front, it's not too difficult.

You need to put that corner of the car on a jack stand with the wheel removed. Then loosen the caliper and tie it out of the way and slip the rotor off. You will need the proper size metric socket to remove the nut from the end of the axle. It sticks in my mind it's a 42mm, but I may be wrong on that. After removing the nut from the end of the axle, unplug the wiring harness to the ABS sensor on the back side of the hub.

Then there will be three cap screws, possibly Torx, holding the hub to the steering knuckle. They could be from the front or back. Remove those, and the hub should slide right off the axle. It's been my experience that sometimes the grease seal comes apart and part of it stays in the steering knuckle. Make sure that doesn't happen. (A new seal comes on the new hub). Reverse the procedure to install the new one.

If it's a rear, pull the brakes out of the way and there should simply be four cap screws holding the hub to the knuckle. Unplug the ABS harness and remove the cap screws.

I wouldn't have any problem with using one from NAPA.

Chilton shows 1.4 hours for the fronts. I've done them in 45 minutes.

There may be minor variations from vehicle to vehicle, but this will give you an idea. Good Luck!

I have had a lot of problems with aftermarket hub and bearing assy's,,, your call you are the one saving the money and warranting your work,,, I have had to go back and replace rite many,,, most they were replaced at another shop that could not figger out why the wheel had a noise,, its no fun working for nuttin and then having to get the customer to fess up the extra cost for a OEM assy,,, it mite B the aftermarket has fixed their problem,,, dunno,,, the problem was for some reason the wheel would knock cuzz it did not tighten up to the outer haft shaft,,, the problem vehicles for me have been,,, Buick, Olds, Pontiac, chevy cars and mini vans,,, a GM thang,,, I did git a TSB that some SUV/pick ups GM aftermarket bearings were manufactured wrong and wheels could fall off,,, enny one who has replaced with aftermarket their late 90's or early 2000 hub and bearing assy's with mite check with their parts suppliers about the TSB,,, The TSB I got in the mail came from Advance Auto,,, said their records had shown i had brought some of the defective units,,, I could not find in my records were I had,,, mite B I already had problems and replaced with OEM,,, No I don't like pay'n the extra bucks for a OEM,,, I do like to play safe,,, your call