Rear Hub Removal on BRZ using a Hub Puller because of Rust
Channel: Project Delusions
Date: 2022-02-13

This is a 2018 Subaru BRZ. The rear hubs are being removed in order to install longer lug studs. What should be a very simple job is always more complicated when you live in the northeast simply due to rust. The rear hub should just pull off, but when it is rusted in place you need to use a hub puller. Do not try to get the hub loose by hitting it with a hammer, you will ruin the bearings in the hub, ask us how we know. Overall the job is not terrible, even with dealing with the rust. Also, the brakes on this car were PP brakes, not the smaller ones. This applies to the BRZ, 86, and FRS

To get rusted rotors off you will need M8 x1.25 bolts to thread into the open holes on the rotor. With these, the rotor just pops off.

To separate the hub and drum assembly from each other when they are rusted together please see my other video 


10 mm: the bolt holding the speed sensor on
14 mm: the four bolts holding the hub on
32 mm 6 point: the axle nut, please don't use a 12 point

00:00 Removing Brake Caliper
00:07 Removing Stuck Rotors 
00:25 Wheel Speed Sensor
00:28 Removing the Bolts Holding the Hub to the Knuckle
00:52 Using the Hub Puller to Remove Stuck Hub