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 ...

Typically, wheel bearings are like Simon and Garfunkel (or Disturbed, if you prefer) and omit "The Sound of Silence." Not the song, that'd be annoying, but actual silence. However, when wheel bearings ...

Your car’s wheels spin around a stationary axle, and in order for them to do so, something has to allow for “slip” between the two. That something is a wheel bearing. A vehicle’s wheel bolts to a hub, ...

The difference between good and bad in the wheel bearing world is a very fine line — about the width of a couple of human hairs, to be imprecise. That's not much of a margin considering the potential ...

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 ...

With fishing seasons nearing, now is the time to give some thought to the most common problems related to boat trailers: lights and wheel bearings. LIGHTS: The most common headache with boat trailers ...

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 ...

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 ...