Chevrolet Cobalt Service & Repair Manual: Wheel Hub & Bearing, Replace

Rear

Disc Brakes

1. Raise and support vehicle, then the tire and wheel assembly.
2. Without disconnecting the hydraulic brake flex hose, remove and support rear brake caliper and bracket as an assembly.
3. Mark position of brake rotor to wheel studs, then remove brake rotor.
4. Disconnect electrical connector from wheel speed sensor.
5. Remove wheel bearing/hub assembly mounting nuts.
6. Remove wheel bearing/hub assembly and disc brake backing plate from rear axle assembly.
7. Reverse procedure to install.

Drum Brakes

1. Raise and support vehicle.
2. Remove tire and wheel assembly.
3. Remove brake drum.
4. Remove plug from drum brake actuator access hole in backing plate, Fig. 1.
5. Install a support for brake backing plate through access hole.
6. Disconnect electrical connector from wheel speed sensor.
7. Remove wheel bearing/hub assembly mounting nuts, then the wheel bearing/hub assembly from rear axle and brake backing plate.
8. Reverse procedure to install.

Fig. 1 Backing plate support installation. Cobalt & G5

    Wheel Bearing, Replace
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    Wheel Hub R&R
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