ubtripn
Member
- Joined
- April 9, 2014
- Messages
- 37
- Reaction score
- 0
- City, State
- Boise
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1993 Explorer
Hi All,
Today I went to put new inner and outer bearings on my sons 1993 Ford Explorer 4 wheel drive. Passenger side rotor fought coming off, inner bearing looked bad, removed the old races and seal, installed new but I could not seat the rotor all the way on to the spindle shaft. (There is a raised groove stopping me.) Took the passenger side apart and that shaft is different! It is cylindrical and the driver's side is tapered towards the back with a groove that seems to be preventing me from fully seating the rotor. (Bearing is hitting it.) I cannot figure out what the deal is and the part stores are clueless. Is it possible I have two separate types of spindles on what I thought was a stock rig? If so, the part stores seem to think one bearing part number works for all, what can I do? I can't take it out of the garage now. Is this even possible? Thanks for the help.
Today I went to put new inner and outer bearings on my sons 1993 Ford Explorer 4 wheel drive. Passenger side rotor fought coming off, inner bearing looked bad, removed the old races and seal, installed new but I could not seat the rotor all the way on to the spindle shaft. (There is a raised groove stopping me.) Took the passenger side apart and that shaft is different! It is cylindrical and the driver's side is tapered towards the back with a groove that seems to be preventing me from fully seating the rotor. (Bearing is hitting it.) I cannot figure out what the deal is and the part stores are clueless. Is it possible I have two separate types of spindles on what I thought was a stock rig? If so, the part stores seem to think one bearing part number works for all, what can I do? I can't take it out of the garage now. Is this even possible? Thanks for the help.