Well, after 3 years of ownership, I have never done this. So I got brave a few weeks ago and started tooling up for pulling the tires and hubs to inspect the brakes and grease the bearings on the 5er. I watched a ton of youtube vids and read, and read, and read some more then I ran across dexters directions on seating the bearings. They state to spin the hubs while torquing so you dont get a flat spot in one of the bearing or races, they want you to torque to 50 ft lbs, then stop spinning ( do not spin anymore) then loosen the nut, then make it finger tight. Then put on the nut keeper or cotter key. Those directions seemed to work great for me!
Seal puller.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Seal and Race driver set. I did have to use the flat side NOT the lip side for the races and seal.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Race punch. This one has an oval end on it to help punch out the race, you dont have to hold it at such an angle that it may catch the inside of the hub. Anything to make life a little easier!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and the six dollar bearing packer from advanced auto that hooks to your grease gun.. and a heavy duty floor jack... and jack stands...ugg... and rags!!
That and some Lucas bearing grease, I made sure it was Lithium based. It is thier "Marine" stuff with EP modifiers... all the stuff listed on the dexter site. It probably didnt matter because I ended up replacing the bearings anyhow. On the first hub I pulled off, One of the bearings looked like it got hot and the inner BIG bearing felt notchy. It looks like the dealer had added grease using the zerk as it seemed there were two different greases in the hub and bearings.
Some grease also got past the rear seal and it was pretty evident that someone went overboard on the greasing. I cleaned the pads and drum with very liberal amounts of brake cleaner and rags. They were also waaaayyy out of adjustment as well. The brakes did have alot of pad left on them, around a quarter inch, and the magnet looked good as well, so I am guessing that they were not adjusted correctly from the factory.
The grease also seemed pretty worn out, ie.. it would pretty much run right through your fingers instead of being nice and pasty.
So even though Im sore, and I only did two hubs this weekend, Im glad I did it! Ill have to get my motivation back up to knock out the other two this weekend.
I'm just trying not to be "That Guy" on the side of the road! Anyways... maybe this post will help someone else, all the tools listed worked like a charm!