I had the left wheel hub assembly replaced a year and a half ago. Now the right side needs to be done as well. I have drum brakes in the rear, and was curious if anyone could tell me the level of difficulty there is in replacing the wheel hub assembly. Do the brake shoes need to be removed, or can I somehow leave them intact and get the hub out. I've looked on HMA's site, and from what I can tell, the hub is between the backing plate and the drum. Thanks!

***UPDATE***
I just completed the replacement. Its actually really easy. Hopefully this will help someone else that was in my same predicament. These steps are for wheel hub(bearing) replacement on a 2000 Hyundai Sonata, 2.4, WITHOUT ABS. If you need photos, please let me know and I will email them to you. There is NO need to remove the brake shoes, or any brake components when doing this exact procedure.

1. Raise car
2. Remove wheel
3. Remove phillips screw that holds drum to assembly.
4. Pull off drum (might require some effort) * Make sure parking brake is not on
5. Loosen and remove for bolts which hold on the hub. These bolts are located behind the wheel assembly.
6. Once bolts are removed, I used liquid wrench to soak the back of the hub assembly, allowing several minutes to soak in.
7. Remove hub. (In my case, it required banging from the back side with a sledge to get it to come out)
8. Installation is in the reverse. Mount new hub assembly, tighten bolts to torque setting, reinstall drum, reinstall wheel and torque lug nuts.

This post has been edited by SonataGrafton: Sep 18 2008, 06:51 AM