A wheel hub assembly is one of those parts nobody thinks about until a grinding noise appears at highway speed. On a compact sedan that is an inconvenience. On a three-quarter-ton pickup, a chassis-cab, or a truck that hauls a loaded trailer five da...

Not every hub that fits a pickup is a heavy duty wheel hub. The housing can look the same, but bearing rows, flange stiffness, seal design, and stud grade decide whether the part survives a loaded trailer, a rough jobsite, or a salt-heavy winter. At...

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...