Astro Tools The Original Impact Rated Hub Removal Bolt Kit - 78834

Absolutely GOATED REVIEW for this tool. Will work, does work. Got a wheel bearing off in 3 minutes. That was including the grinding of the bolt needed to be taken out.

I spent a good hour+ hitting a hub shocker with a 10# maul, and it only just barely made a fingernail-wide crack. I decided to give this a try and had to cut off two hub bolts with my bandsaw, then hammer them out. One bolt just wasn't enough, as one hub ear opened, and the other side closed.Alternating with two sides, I also tapped with a hammer on the 3rd side, and it finally came out. Definitely worked well on a VERY rusted original hub (rustbelt). Sadly I could tell the threads where the nut held were a bit damaged, but if it holds up for another use, I'll conaider this a winner.I normally use a puller, but I'll be keeping this in my kit for those really rusted hubs. Make sure you grease the threads to help prevent damage!

his product is amazing. I replaced my passenger side wheel bearing hub assembly a few weeks ago and fought that thing for hours to get it out to a point where I decided I am not going to do the driver side myself. I saw this product on a YouTube video and although it looked to good to be true for what it is, I decided to order a set. It worked brilliantly. Took me less than 10 minutes to pull the hub assembly after removing all the fasteners and it was in there good. If I have to deduct points, then I will deduct a quarter of a point since it looks like after I got it out, the threads on the tool was damaged because I had to put a lot of force on it before the hub assembly broke loose, but it was still worth every penny. I highly recommend this product if you don’t do wheel bearing hub assemblies every day.

I've tried every method to get wheel hub out of knuckle to no avail short of pulling out the whole knuckle and putting it in a press. Tried these bolts and they pushed the hub out like I hadn't been fighting it all week. Now the only issue is you probably only get one or two uses out of them.

This worked great for me on a rear hub and wheel bearing for a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan. I have done these before and in a rust belt state like Michigan, it can be quite a job. This tool made it an easy replacement. I tried to get some movement initially with my air hammer as I normally do, just to see how badly this was oxidized in place and it did not budge. All I can say is make sure you lube it up real good and take your time, and it should work fine for you.

My 2009 Nissan Murano LE at 147k miles had original front wheel bearings that were in desperate need of replacement. I saw this DIY youtube video where this guy used the Astro tools kit on my exact model Nissan.At first I wasted time hitting the hub with a 2lb hammer and bought an 8" gear puller that used the center of the hub axle end as a leverage point. I ended up cross-threading the threads on the center screw. Then I bought the Astro tool after I saw the youtube video.With this tool, all I had to do was knock out one of the five wheel studs and insert one of the astro bolts. I also used copious amounts of Mobil 1 red grease on the bolt, nut and ball tip (To ensure no cross-thread) and lined up at 12 oclock on the knuckle. Hit it with my 1/2" electric impact wrench and the hub pulled free in less than three seconds!The kit comes with four bolts (two different diameters) in the event one set of tools wears out, so I expect this to last a few cars. Saved over $507 in labor doing the work myself vs a car shop. Thanks again!

Just buy this kit. It gives you much more pkwer transfer than a sledge hammer, a slide-hammer bearing kit. This kit did awsome for me!I replaced two rear bearings, 2012 Grand Caravan. The good bearing came out with a tap of a hammer, but the bad bearing wouldn't budge at all with many, many blows from a sledge hammer. I hit that bearing with a sledge until I became nauseated. Then, I switched to this Astro kit. I used the kit with a Milwaukee 2760-20 high torque and the bearing was out in very little time and effort!Remember, knock out a wheel stud or two, then use that hole to insert an Astro bolt thru, thread the nut on the backside, then apply torque from an impact device or breaker bar. Rotate left and right sides of the same bearing if you need to.

It's just some bolts, nuts, and caps...but:1. It saves the hassle of figuring out and finding the right sizes of hardened hardware for your application2. The nuts are oversized (3/4", 19mm) which makes things easier3. The caps are actually useful and kept the bolts from trying to kick out (I tried without them first)I used a little grease to try to minimize wear. So far they've only pulled one pair of hubs from a 10-year-old Subaru in New England (note rust on mating surface in photo of one), but despite leaning pretty hard on them they show no damage so far. I used the big Milwaukee M18 1/2" impact on the first one, but decided to go a little slower on the second with a longer 1/2" ratchet. Both worked fine.If I wear them out I'll probably just buy hardened bolts/nuts to replace them, but I feel this set was absolutely worth the money for me. Spent under $200 for OEM hub, new CV nut, and this kit. Dealer quoted $650, independent said 400ish.Beats endless hammering or a big air hammer by a good measure.