Bearing Maintenance & Hands On Videos

Use Timkeninfo.com to search for automotive bearings and seals. This site allows you to search by your vehicle's year, make & model, Timken part number or other manufacturer's part numbers. In addition, Timkeninfo provides torque specifications for many wheel end applications so that you can install the part right the first time.

The importance of selecting the correct axle bearing to ensure proper end play and avoid brake issues.

Watch the experts at Timken remove and install a truck hub bearing assembly on a GM 4x4 front wheel with outboard mounted rotors. The experts will show you how to remove a hub assembly and then show you how to install a hub assembly. NOTE: The application used in this training video uses a self-locking style of axle nut which does not require the use of a cotter pin.

The importance of selecting and properly installing the newer single-piece nut.

This Timken innovation prolongs shaft life while allowing easy installation and removal of a standard setscrew unit. Its patent-pending technology minimizes shaft damage by protecting shafts from gouging, raised metal and fretting corrosion.

How to properly install a Timken^® SAF Split Pillow Block Housed unit with a pull-type tapered adaptor sleeve.

Tips to help with removal and installation of wheel bearings.

Tips to ease seal wear ring removal.

Guide to installing a Timken bearing into a truck wheel hub.

Tips on axle nut torque specs and where to find them.

Did you know that excessive lubrication can be detrimental to the life of your hub assembly?

Timken Split Cylindrical Roller Bearings can be changed with the shaft in position, vastly reducing the time taken to change bearings, increasing uptime and removing the risk of damaging surrounding components.

When changing a Spherical Roller Bearing, all peripheral equipment must be removed. A very basic break down of the process is demonstrated in the attached animation.

Watch the experts at Timken remove and install a truck hub bearing assembly on a GM 4x4 front wheel with outboard mounted rotors. The experts will show you how to remove a hub assembly and then show you how to install a hub assembly. NOTE: The application used in this training video uses a self-locking style of axle nut which does not require the use of a cotter pin.

Excessive tightening of adapter sleeve removes clearance from spherical roller bearings.

Learn proper handling and installation practices of the two tapered roller bearings in an automobile wheel hub assembly

Tips for lubing the front hub assembly of four-by-four Super Duty Ford Trucks.

Let the experts at Timken show you how to check a wheel bearing hub assembly on a GM 4x4 front wheel with outboard mounted rotors.

How to resolve ABS brake system problems by removing corrosion around the sensor input hole.

This short presentation features detailed images, descriptions and causes of common damage experienced by tapered roller bearings in automotive applications.