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They snap right behind the balancer at the end of the keyway. They tend to fail by 100K miles, If they make that then they are usually good to go. When I did some research I was alarmed that they all are exactly the same break! I'd say a quality issue for sure.

Well my 140,000km babied 98 EX LTD 4.0 SOHC 4X4 snapped the crank at the balancer. Ran 100 ft and poof. A local Ford tech had a quick look and said they had never seen this before. I did some searching and this was pretty common on the 98's. The dealer needs between 3000 and 7000 to...

The new set is two pieces. A metal ring with a internal seal and a rubber seal. I'm guessing based on the above I press on the metal ring first and then the rubber seal after. So metal ring is up against the raised part of the cv side and the second one - rubber faces the splines end...

The components in question are actually the excluder seals. I've contacted CR, been to Ford and don;t know where else to turn. No one has a diagram as to how the new 2 piece excluder seals go in. The original was one piece rubber seal on the front axle. These new CR seals are 2 piece and have...

My front hub assembly and Axle on my 98 Explorer Limited were bad so I bought all new parts. Since the Hub dust shield / seals were in poor shape I ordered new CR ones. The new ones are not like the old OEM and with the CR ones both parts look like they mount to the axle instead of the origninal...