Visionary films set in the technologically advanced future have long imagined cars that ride around on frictionless orbs similar to Star Wars’ BB-8. We aren’t there yet, as cars still use wheels and ...

Maintenance is key to the survival of your four-wheel-drive vehicle, and that's true whether it spends most of its time on the highway or on the trail. Most of us take care of the big-ticket items ...

Your wheel bearings are an essential part of your car’s suspension. They allow your wheels to remain firmly attached to the vehicle, but the consequences can be severe when they fail. Thankfully, it’s ...

Wheel spacers are a popular mod that transcends many different groups of enthusiasts. For example, off-roaders can fit larger tires on stock wheels by spacing the wheels outboard and away from rubbing ...

The lowly and often taken-for-granted wheel bearing hasn’t really changed much in design or function since the dawn of the automotive age save the move to incorporate them into wheel hub and bearing ...

With tolerances no more than the width of human hairs, there's little room for guess work when torqueing wheel bearings. Good and bad in the wheel-bearing world is divided by a very fine line - about ...

As routine maintenance and basic automotive servicing tasks go, packing wheel bearings isn't one of the glamorous ones. It's a messy job—and one that could cause serious damage or problems if not ...

Amsted Seals has launched the Pro-Lock axle fastener for commercial vehicles. The company said the precision design of the Pro-Lock axle fastener limits wheel-bearing adjustment variability, extending ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 40-plus years of working on cars, I have tackled nearly every job, from simple tune-ups and fluid changes to complex engine swaps.

Greasing wheel bearings can get very messy very quickly, in a very kindergarten kind of way. The trick is to embrace the ooze, because greasing is the fun and easy part. The hard bit comes when ...

Let's get this out of the way right now. This isn't a step-by-step instructional on how to replace a rear axle bearing, because so many different models use so many different means to hold the axles ...