How do you remove hub bearing from steering wheel?
Remove the rotor. Remove the spindle nut and the spindle washer and then strike the end of the drive shaft spindle with the rubber mallet until it frees itself from the splines of the hub bearing. Remove the three hub bearing retaining bolts from the back of the knuckle assembly. Manipulate the steering wheel to access these bolts as needed.
How do I loosen the lug nuts on a Grand Am?
Place a tire block behind one of the rear tires and then apply the parking brake on the Grand Am. Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheel with the faulty bearing using a tire iron. Do not turn the wheel nuts more than a half a turn. Lift the front end of the Grand Am with a service jack and place a jack stand under each front frame rail.
How do you unlock the front wheel on a Grand Am?
Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheel with the faulty bearing using a tire iron. Do not turn the wheel nuts more than a half a turn. Lift the front end of the Grand Am with a service jack and place a jack stand under each front frame rail. Turn the ignition key a half click to unlock the steering wheel.
Are there front wheel bearings on a Pontiac Grand Am?
The front wheel bearings on the 2000 Pontiac Grand Am are complete sealed wheel bearing and hub assemblies. They do not require servicing and repacking with bearing grease like the older rear-wheel drive cars.
How do you replace a broken lug nut stud?
Use your fingers to pull the broken bolt from the rear of the hub flange. The replacement bolt was a stock part from a local auto parts supplier. To install the new bolt into the bolt hole, the wheel must be turned to align the hole with a slot on the rear of the hub flange, which provides the clearance to thread it through.
Place a tire block behind one of the rear tires and then apply the parking brake on the Grand Am. Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheel with the faulty bearing using a tire iron. Do not turn the wheel nuts more than a half a turn. Lift the front end of the Grand Am with a service jack and place a jack stand under each front frame rail.
Remove the rotor. Remove the spindle nut and the spindle washer and then strike the end of the drive shaft spindle with the rubber mallet until it frees itself from the splines of the hub bearing. Remove the three hub bearing retaining bolts from the back of the knuckle assembly. Manipulate the steering wheel to access these bolts as needed.
Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheel with the faulty bearing using a tire iron. Do not turn the wheel nuts more than a half a turn. Lift the front end of the Grand Am with a service jack and place a jack stand under each front frame rail. Turn the ignition key a half click to unlock the steering wheel.