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I actually found out the a major cause of the problem which was the axle nut. The nut I was using was not OEM and couldn’t tighten down the whole unit altogether. This caused my bearings to fail, rotors rubbing against brake calipers, and suspension noises when turning.
I would strongly recommend against trying to disable the ABS on a Hybrid vehicle. In a hybrid, the ABS and regenerative braking are integrated with each other and must transition smoothly from regenerative to friction and then to ABS braking. It is all one system. Also there is a safety issue with disabling the ABS and you never know when an emergency situation will arise.
When you try to replace the wheel bearing, are you using the factory shop manual as reference?
I did not use a factory shop manual because I don’t have access to it and I do not want to spend money on manual. I mostly went by using youtube videos for reference. My issue was that the axle nut I was using didn’t match the OEMs nut as I found out by looking on the good bearing. Using the correct axle nut fixed all the issues. The bearing is still smooth and my MPG has continue to climb up from 20mpg to 27mpg, although I was getting 32mpgs before I has suspension issues.
I ended up replacing the same bearing 3 times within a month lol. It was really tough stuff. But I have a new appreciation for wheel bearings. Not only that, my other 3 bearings with 200k miles are still holding up which is insane.
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