Alan03gt
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- 01 Sport Trac
Had the pleasure of replacing both rear wheel bearings on my 2007 Eddie Bauer today. Started with the right which I presumed was the loud one. Interesting how these are set up, you don’t get any wheel end play with the CV axle shaft tight... as soon as I pulled the shaft, the hub was wobbling like drunk Santa on Dec 26.
First one (right) went well, left side didn’t appear to be bad, but I replaced anyway. She was a bear to get apart!
My method was:
Remove brakes
Remove e brake cable (PITA)
Remove ABS sensor
Remove CV axle nut
Unbolt knuckle 6 bolts (1 upper CA, 1 Lower CA, 1 lateral connecting rod, 3 trailing arm)
* I was able to leave my shoes on, they were in good shape.
Knuckle in vise, slide hammer for hub removal (1 was easy 25-30 hits, 1 hard 25-30 minutes haha)
Remove snap ring
Press out
Clean knuckle
Clean hub
Press New in
Install snap ring
Press in Hub
Reinstall on vehicle
Just wondering what a shop labor hours might be for both. Took me just shy of 5 hours including 2 new sway bar/stabilizer links.
I went with National bearings as they have been good to me and are good quality IMHO.
Wasn’t too difficult, just had to figure it out for the first time
First one (right) went well, left side didn’t appear to be bad, but I replaced anyway. She was a bear to get apart!
My method was:
Remove brakes
Remove e brake cable (PITA)
Remove ABS sensor
Remove CV axle nut
Unbolt knuckle 6 bolts (1 upper CA, 1 Lower CA, 1 lateral connecting rod, 3 trailing arm)
* I was able to leave my shoes on, they were in good shape.
Knuckle in vise, slide hammer for hub removal (1 was easy 25-30 hits, 1 hard 25-30 minutes haha)
Remove snap ring
Press out
Clean knuckle
Clean hub
Press New in
Install snap ring
Press in Hub
Reinstall on vehicle
Just wondering what a shop labor hours might be for both. Took me just shy of 5 hours including 2 new sway bar/stabilizer links.
I went with National bearings as they have been good to me and are good quality IMHO.
Wasn’t too difficult, just had to figure it out for the first time