Hi all, My 2013 Prius C finally gave up the rotor dust shield this week. One side is still holding the place, while the other side has completely fallen out. The part is inexpensive, but I couldn't find any good videos or posts showing how to replace it. There is no screw to hold it in place. Have any of you done that? Or should I leave it without the shield? I thought that was a bad idea since I live up north (Canada).
A front or a rear? The dust shield is generally trapped in place behind the hub bearing unit. HBUs can be extra stubborn to remove if you're in a wintry salt-using area. You'll read about various ways of brute-forcing the HBU out, but many will leave it in no condition to reuse. So replacing the backing plate is a job that generally expands to replacing the HBU also. Or, if the bearing isn't noisy yet, an option might be to just wait until you want to replace that, and then do both.
