Packing wheel bearings is one of our favorite things to do. OK, we're lying. It's a dirty, messy, tedious job, but a very important job all the same. The basic premise of a wheel bearing is a hub that ...

If you have disc brakes and you have to remove the caliper to get the disc off the spindle in order to get at the inner bearings, I think that you should inspect and pack them only under supervision ...

When I was a youth working at a gas station, we used to repack front wheel bearings. Since then, I went away to college and forgot how to use a screwdriver. Now, 40 years later, the guy who changed ...

Basic hot rod maintenance isn't as much fun as bolting on a supercharger or a trick set of wheels, but proper care of the less glamorous parts of a car—the stuff that doesn't contribute to performance ...

As routine maintenance and basic automotive servicing tasks go, packing wheel bearings isn’t one of the glamorous ones. It’s a messy job—and one that could cause serious damage or problems if not ...

Over the last 10 years technology has struck in ever facet of our world from computers to electronic paper towel dispensers in the restrooms. I say give me back the lever, two pushes and I have enough ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

The lowly and often taken-for-granted wheel bearing hasn’t really changed much in design or function since the dawn of the automotive age save the move to incorporate them into wheel hub and bearing ...