Hub Bearing Assembly Vs Wheel Bearings

Hub bearing assemblies are the lesser of two evils when meet your wheel bearings. There are some advantages of hub bearing assemblies against the wheel bearing. If you have the opportunity to obtain a hub bearing assemblies, take it.

The wheel bearing is a precision machined component and has an important job to do. 4 wheel bearings in a car holding the weight of the entire vehicle and must allow the wheels to roll freely as they do their work. The successful installation of this component is heavily weighted on the proper torque the axle nut keeps essentially ride together. Root under the axle nut enables the root of separate rolling leads to a noise rolling mill.

For some vehicles only option is the wheel bearing, and that because the bearing is pressed directly into the joint, and the cube is then pressed into the bearing. Hub assembly is a ball and the housing hub having pressed in it. Installation involves removing the hub carrying defective or worn and locking the new mounting hub on the joint.

The other benefit of this design is that often bearing hub includes ABS ring assembly and / or speed sensor. Of course, the chances of that happening are reduced when components are replaced by the hub assembly.

The general rule is that if the vehicle has the possibility to replace the bearing as a complete set of hub, you are better to replace the complete cube together. You replace a variety of components which are still susceptible to damage and wear. Hub bearing assembly is the time period generally easier and less time consuming to install.