Few parts earn their keep as quietly as the front hub assembly. It carries the weight of the vehicle at the front corners, keeps the wheel spinning true, and gives the ABS system the signal it needs to do its job. When one starts to wear, the first ...

Ask three people what "electroplating a wheel hub" involves and you will get three different answers. A rebuilder may mean selective plating to bring a worn spindle back to size. A shop owner may mean sending rusty hub housings out for a fresh zinc ...

A heavy duty wheel hub rarely gets noticed until it starts complaining. Maybe it is a low rumble that shows up at highway speed and fades when you change lanes. Maybe it is a steering wheel that shivers, or a brake pedal that pulses at the end of a ...

A wheel hub spends its life in one of the least forgiving places on a vehicle. Rain, brake dust, heat from the brakes and, on a winter road, salt water several times a day. That is why so many hub and bearing assemblies leave the factory with a plat...

Wheel hub spindles live in one of the hardest-working places on any vehicle. They carry the weight of the corner, absorb braking torque, and resist the side loads a tire generates every time the wheel is turned. Most drivers never think about them u...

Vehicle wheel bearings carry out a job most drivers never think about: they let the wheels turn with minimum friction while holding up the weight of the vehicle, the heat of braking and the punishment of thousands of miles of rough road. When one be...