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So my ’01 Accord had a seized lug nut which resulted in a snapped lug bolt. Now, I’m in for a new hub and what the heck, a new bearing. The Honda OE parts are over $200 while the Dorman & Timken “equivalent” are around $50. If these were suspension parts, hands down I’d go with the OE. But a wheel hub on a 15 yo Accord? Not so sure. Opinions?
I don’t have air tools at my disposal and am assuming-we know how that goes- a slide hammer is the best route to take for hub removal. Will the slide hammer process put unnecessary and damaging stress on the ball joints? Also, my local AZ has a bearing press tool kit, which from what I’ve seen on Utube is reasonably effective on removal and fitting of the new bearing. Experience welcomed!
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Agreed. But here’s the rest of the story. One of the other lugs was spinning in the hub and was a major pia getting the lug nut off. Either the bolt spline or the hub spline is ruined and probably wallowed out. Hence the new hub/bearing approach.
I despise Dorman parts because of the comeback rate I’ve had with them. But, I find their parts are sometimes OK as long as they don’t really have to do anything. In your case, I’d be fine with a Dorman hub and a Timken bearing. All the Dorman hub has to do is hang on and it does that well enough because there’s a healthy size axle nut to hold it in place. I’ve never seen a fitment or a press in issue with Dorman hubs. Just make sure that axle nut gets torqued to spec and your lug nuts likewise tightened appropriately. You might want to replace the lug nuts now if there was a problem with them specifically. They’re cheap insurance and they don’t cost extra to install.
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