2WD NOT 4WD Front Bearing Replacement '05 Mountaineer

[marcusnsandy]

I am sure that due to the fact of the 2WD front bearing being so much simpler to do and the fact that the tear down and reassembly could be done by any average joe having paid attention even a little during the tear down, this is the reason why no one takes a moment to post pics of the spindle with shaft and the process of doing the 2WD. This is all fine and well but knowing full well how simple it is and knowing that when I replaced both rotors and removed the hub to show my step son how easy it was to access the bearings versus his toyota everything just simply came apart and there was no torque per say of the 30 mm nut and so forth as far as how easy I remember this should be.

After having seen all the posts and pics concerning only 4wd front bearing replacements...I am left confused without going out and first taking one of the front wheels off. My question is this...Concerning the 2wd which is what I have and now am in need of bearing replacement...Is it not true that I can replace only the bearing and race without replacing the hub unless there is visible damage? Or is it totally necessary to replace the wheelhub and bearing as a whole unit as it is with the 4wd. I am thinking not but all of the 4wd posts have gotten me questioning myself. PLEASE HELP restore me to some level common sensical sanity on this one Allowing that I can hopefully get a little clarification on this without having to first tear down Everything I find online and even FordParts.com factory diagrams want to show a CV as the source of the shaft on which the bearing goes.

Thanks!

 

[mbrando1994]

I am 80% sure same rules apply here, ford made the hub assembly as a sealed unit that is not serviceable. This makes it more expensive, but also makes it simpler for those without presses to replace bearings, give and take really.

I would check with rockauto, see what parts they have listed there for the 2wd. I would definitely go with a Timken bearing, do it once, do it right.

Best of luck

 

[apenland01]

The wheel bearing hub should still be roughly the same. It's going to attach to the same way, you just won't have to fight with the axle, which makes accessing the 3 bolts such a pain in the arse.

 

[marcusnsandy]

Thanks you guys. I was just checking to make sure. I [MENTION=76493]MB[/MENTION]rando, I could have sworn that once I removed the nut from the center which as I recall was very easy to loosen, that with very little encouragement the hub slid right off the spindle shaft like nothing even to the point that the bearing fell out and I then showed my step-son how to pack bearings out of the palm of his hand by placing a lil knot of grease into his latex gloved hand and scraping and turning, scraping and turning little by little packing the grease in there. Funny how one can imagine such that which may not have even occurred...LOL I am starting to wonder if in fact it was only his Toyota that we went all the way into but, I think not, for knowing the Toyota had the old round metal seal cap over the locking nut system with cotter pin. Again you guys...Help me back to sanity here! I know for sure one thing...By tomorrow night at this time I will have refreshed my memory and won't be wondering what it is I remember! LOL Thanks again for your replies and also for allowing me to journal my moments of senility...Knowing is half the battle best I can figure!

 

[TechGuru]

Everything is exactly the same minus the drive axle.