Rancher 350 Front Wheel Bearing Replacement

This is a short video of how I replaced the front wheel bearings on a 2003 Honda Rancher 350. This is on a 2wd model. #ad
(Sorry for the background cricket noise. The beauty of living in the country)
Link for Bearings and Seals
ebay.us/ZRrHOM

[@scott6052]

Learn a lot from your videos. Rebuilt 450 Foreman a few weeks ago after watching your rebuild video. Everything worked perfectly.

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

That's what I like to hear. Glad I could help and thanks for watching.

[@darrenwilson7688]

Success! Once we figured out how it came apart it was a cinch. Great video BTW.

[@philipjean1086]

Great videos good info,a real shop, innovation and some humour. just as soon watch your videos than anything else on UA-cam Thanks

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

Thanks and thanks for watching. I'm uploading another as I type so stay tuned!!

[@phillipaverre8392]

Subscribed. Love your videos. Keep them coming!

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching

[@ericfix0521]

Im rebuilding a yamaha warrior, love the channel. I guess you dont do any warrior vids because they dont need to be repaired much lol.

[@thedudeinthestude6442]

Keep making great videos!

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

Thanks for watching dude!!

[@scottcatalanotto]

Mine was stuck as well so I used a pully puller I put the rim back on just enough to get the bolts on and put the puller inside the rim and pulled the hub out with it.

[@rickfink464]

I'm refurbishing my '02 Yamaha Big Bear 400 4X4. I made a costly mistake removing a bad wheel bearing. Long story short, I couldn't find a used knuckle and had to buy an old new stock knuckle for shy of $300, since they don't make them anymore.

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

That stinks but it does happen from time to time.

[@redneck-_-reaper4027]

Ty for the vid it helped

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

Thanks and thanks for watching

[@rowneyt]

From who did you order the bearings from? Were you pleased with the quality & service? Looking to do the front on my Rancher 350 & suspect OEM Honda prices will be quite high.

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

I'm pretty sure I used some bearings off eBay by all balls. I have pretty good luck with them and in my past experience with Honda bearings often times they don't come sealed where the aftermarket ones do. Granted there is a seal on the outside of the drum for the bearings I don't see a drawback of having two seals to keep the bearings clean.

[@rowneyt]

Thanks Doc, I’ll check ‘em out.

[@mrnotnomis]

My inner bearing stayed on the spindle. Any ideas on how to get that thing off of there? My gear puller won't really fit behind it to pull it that way.

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

I have an air chisel I normally use. If you don't have one of those you can always cut it off with a cutoff wheel.

[@mrnotnomis]

@@FourwheelerDoctor Thanks for the reply. I am going to see if I can heat them up enough to slide them off. If not, it's the cutoff wheel for them. I already ordered a new set.

[@fishingwiskers6678]

Did you modify your floor jack or buy it with the big tires on it?

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

I built the floor jack with the bigger tires on it.

[@randycollins9776]

Do you have a video on how you modified your Jack?

[@FourwheelerDoctor]

No but I'm thinking about making one pretty soon.