Wheel Hub replacement How To

[truckdude239]

Got this 2003 1500hd in today needing a culster and Wheel Hub So i desided to take pictures and put together a how to. Now this is a 2003 1500hd But its the Same idea for all of them now

[truckdude239]

For This I Used a Moog Hub Part Number 515058 Cost $245.00 at the Local Advance i bought the higher End hub as This is a land Scraping truck it is is used hard, they do have a cheaper house brand for $172.00 But as I runa shop cheaper is not always better!

Step 1 Lift and support Your Truck


Step 2 Remove the Lug Nut Covers and Lug Nuts And Remove the Wheel


Step 3 Remove the Brake Caliper and bracket I Did this as one piece The Nut Is a 21mm


Step 4 Support the Caliper I used Zip Ties

[truckdude239]

Step 5 I went a Head And removed the Abs Connector


Step 6 Remove the Rotor If your have never been off Just Break the metal tab Holding It on This truck has 152k and the rotors never touched!



Step 7 Removed the Dust Cover to Gain access To the Axle Nut try Not to Damage it

[truckdude239]

Step 8 Remove the Axle Nut



Step 9 Remove the 4 Bolts Holding the Hub in Nut is a 15 Mm i'll show only One in this picture


Step 10 Remove the Hub and Dust Shield, AT this Point i Like to Inspect the Hub mounting area And make sure it is clean. At this point i put a thin layer or Greece on the splines of the axle and the bore the hub goes into

[truckdude239]

Step 11 Install your New Hub and The Old Dust shield ON the truck And yes i Found out i put the dust shield on backward and Couldn;t get the rotor on so it all had to come back apart


Step 12 Install Axle Nut and tighten to spec Socket is a 36mm


Step 13 Reinstall Rotor And Dust cap I use a lug nut to hold the Rotor in Place, Don't Worry You Don;t need the Metal tabs that Where Hold the Rotors on To begin with as they where only there to hold the rotors on during assembly , the wheel will hold it on!


Step14 Reinstall your Brake Caliper Be Sure to Route your abs Wires the same As the old one and hook it up the new hub has A new clips to hold it on so dont worry about the clips on the old one


Step 15 Reinstall Your Wheel And Tighten the lug nuts to 140Ft/lbs oh Wait Remember to take off the lug nut you used to hold the rotor in place!


Step 16 Install the Center Cap and Test Drive your Now Done.

[usmcchevy]

Thanks truckdude!!!

[truckdude239]

Total repair time was 30a mins it calls for 1.5 hours but it took me 45the minutes this time as i had take it back apart and turn the dust shield arounds
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[truckdude239]

i Ment to do A how to on how to remove the cluster and install a new one but i forgot to do ti was so busy at work today

[WestButteTruck]

Nice write-up thanks. Do you have any on ball joint replacement?

[truckdude239]

no i dont not had the fun of doing that!

[cstm68]

nice write up!! these trucks are notorious for hubs going bad, i do them all the time at work. the fun ones are the rear hub assemblys on quadra-steer trucks!!