It's a 2018 SEL FWD with the 3.5L V6 (normally aspirated). There's been some "mud tire noise" for a while. Rotating tires did nothing, so I moved on to wheel bearings. As is the case with everyone else, I had trouble getting the old bearing assembly out. I ended up removing the knuckle and using heat, PB blaster, and a press. I cleaned up the knuckle real good... maybe too good. The new bearing fits very loose in the hole, as in I can wiggle it around just a bit. I tried the old bearing and it drops right in as well. I used 100 girt paper and WD-40 to clean all the corrosion and "gunk" on the inside of the big hole that the bearing goes into. I worked it for about 10 or 15 minutes. I wouldn't think that I could have removed that much material, but maybe I did. So my question for this group is, when you put a new bearing back in, did it just push right in or did it have to be pulled in with the bolts?
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