NUFX
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- 95 XL
Thanks for this. I was searching the forum for quite sometime and I am thankful for the following info. Many thanks again!
Thanks also for the vids. Those helped.
I took the knuckle and new hub to NAPA to press out the old and press in the new. 1 hour and $30 later it was ready to go back together.
I didn't take pictures of the installation but here are a few tips.
Use some sandpaper or wire wheel to remove the rust from the pins on the toe link and upper control arm and used a generous amount of antisieze on them before inserting back into the knuckle. Clean the bolts and also use antisieze on them.
Install the axle nut first only snug and then reattach the toe link and upper control arm.
Torque the pinch bolts to 66 Ft Lbs. The axle nut shows 203 Ft Lbs. I feel this is too much so I went with 175 Lbs and will check it periodically. My thought is that possibly the bearings wore out prematurely do an over tight axle nut. Your call on this.
It will all go back together 100 times easier than it came apart. For the average occasional backyard mechanic, plan on at least a full 8 hour + time frame for doing this.
If you have any questions or comments please post them here and I'll try and answer them. Hope this helps and good luck.
Finished job. This picture also shows a new spring and strut installed which I did along with the bearing replacement.
Thanks also for the vids. Those helped.
This guy just replaced the bearing with simple tools, can this be done the same way in Ford Explorer/Mountaineer ? it consists of 4 parts..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKdRs...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntIuxDTSQQA-Wheel Bearing Module
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKA3B...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSU4...eature=related