Trainmaster
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- Joined
- November 24, 2019
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- City, State
- Rockaway Beach NY
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2010 Expr Ltd; 2016 XLT
This week I replaced two front wheel hubs on my 2010. They were singing. Thought it was the left and changed it, and some of the noise was still there. Changed the right and all's fine once again.
Used Motorcraft NHUB-6 hubs from RockAuto. About $150 each. Lots of Motorcraft's Chinese crap now unfortunately. The job had no problems at all. Took about 1-1/2 hours for each side. Bought a tool on Amazon that allows you to beat the old hub out of its knuckle with a small sledge. The hubs tend to rust in place around these parts and can be very stubborn to remove. I didn't want to fight with this all day in 30-degree weather. It was $100 but worth its weight in gold.
Probably could have chiseled them out without the tool. Each side came out in five minutes. The axle pushed right out after I took off its nut.
The little truck has 104,000 miles on it.
No problem; simple job. Local shop quoted $550 per side in labor alone, plus $450 each for parts. That would have been $1550 for the three-hour job in New York. Local Ford dealer said "About $2300".
Merry Christmas!
Used Motorcraft NHUB-6 hubs from RockAuto. About $150 each. Lots of Motorcraft's Chinese crap now unfortunately. The job had no problems at all. Took about 1-1/2 hours for each side. Bought a tool on Amazon that allows you to beat the old hub out of its knuckle with a small sledge. The hubs tend to rust in place around these parts and can be very stubborn to remove. I didn't want to fight with this all day in 30-degree weather. It was $100 but worth its weight in gold.
Probably could have chiseled them out without the tool. Each side came out in five minutes. The axle pushed right out after I took off its nut.
The little truck has 104,000 miles on it.
No problem; simple job. Local shop quoted $550 per side in labor alone, plus $450 each for parts. That would have been $1550 for the three-hour job in New York. Local Ford dealer said "About $2300".
Merry Christmas!