When a wheel hub assembly reaches the end of its life, fleets face a critical decision: rebuild or replace?
While rebuilding may appear cost-effective at first glance, the long-term risks and performance trade-offs often lead to a total cost of ownership that tells a different story. With over 30 years of wheel-end expertise and more than 40 million PreSet® and PreSet Plus® hubs on the road, fleets have trusted ConMet to deliver lasting performance and reliability. Today, that legacy continues with what many fleets recognize as the smarter best practice: Reliability in Replacement.
The Hidden Costs of Rebuilding
Rebuilding may reuse a few core components, but it also reintroduces uncertainty. Labor-intensive teardown, inconsistent part quality, and risk of human error can all impact performance and safety.
The parts and components used to rebuild a hub often come from different manufacturers, each with their own quality standards, production tolerances, and warranty terms. These mismatches can introduce subtle performance issues and reliability risks that aren’t initially visible once the vehicle is back on the road – and they can shorten the lifespan of the assembly overall. Even when a rebuild is performed correctly, the result often lacks the consistency of a fully engineered, factory-assembled replacement.
Rebuilding might fix the problem today, but it doesn’t always solve it for tomorrow.
PreSet Plus: Purpose-Built for Reliable Replacement
ConMet’s PreSet Plus hub assemblies offer a factory-assembled, pre-adjusted solution designed to make replacement faster, simpler, and more reliable than rebuilding. Every hub includes all-new components – casting, bearing spacer, bearings, and wheel seal – engineered to work together from the start and pre-adjusted to factory tolerances.
With PreSet Plus, you get:
- All new parts and components: Every hub starts fresh with brand-new components, engineered to ConMet’s factory-quality standards and pre-adjusted for optimal performance.
- Fast, error-free installation: Pre-assembled, self-piloting, and ready to go – reducing service time and complexity.
- Long-term confidence: Backed by a 5-year / 500,000-mile limited warranty* for worry-free uptime.
- Lower total cost of ownership: Less downtime, fewer return repairs, and better ROI over the life of the vehicle.
*When installed with PreSet Plus spindle nut.
Reliability, Backed by Experience
ConMet invented the pre-adjusted hub assembly – forever changing the commercial vehicle industry. PreSet Plus builds on that legacy, delivering unmatched precision and durability to fleets of all sizes. In fact, PreSet Plus is OEM first-fit on virtually all Class 8 trucks and most trailers across North America, proving its reliability, broad compatibility with major axle platforms, and unmatched availability in the aftermarket.
That means fleets can spec, source, and service ConMet hubs with confidence wherever they operate.
A Better Fit for the Aftermarket – for Trucks and Trailers
Today’s heavy-duty trucks and trailers are expected to run longer, carry heavier loads, and undergo fewer service stops. That makes reliability essential – and replacement with PreSet Plus ideal. With availability for over 150 axle applications, PreSet Plus offers a fast, compatible fit – more than any other pre-adjusted hub on the market.
And with ConMet’s broad aftermarket support network, PreSet Plus hubs are easy to stock, sell, and install – wherever your fleet goes.
Choose to Replace. Choose Reliability.
The risks of rebuilding add up – unscheduled repairs can lead to missed deliveries and lost revenue. That’s why more and more fleets are turning to replacement as the standard practice, not the exception.
By choosing to replace hub assemblies with PreSet Plus, you’re choosing reliability engineered for uptime, performance backed by warranty, and a product line designed to keep your fleet moving forward.
