Zulfigar,

I agree that with experience a person could learn to do the procedure the way you've described. Wish I had this experience but I don't. Only have one car to work on and this is the first time I've attempted the wheel bearing adjustment. It is my daily driver and when we make a trip together we will take my car instead of wife's 2017 Prius due to the Mercedes better ride and less noise. Wish I could add the safety features to mine.

I simply want to do it right and don't want a wheel bearing to fail because I could have done it better. Your way is guesswork on my part.

I felt how difficult the hub was to turn before I removed it. It was actually fairly difficult to turn, like the grease was silly putty. I thought it would show damage when removed. I forgot to feel the other side, should have done that.

My concern now is how to properly seat the hub to get the proper starting point to using a tool or method to better set the bearing.

For future safety I plan to order a new set of quality bearings from an old bearing company in Dallas along with a high quality seals. Then do the procedure all over again. I fear I might have damaged the driver side bearings by trying to duplicate the ' difficult to turn ' feel I experienced before removing the hub.

Got notice from Amazon the gauge and stand might arrive today. Should be 50 degrees tomorrow. Hopefully can try it out then.