squealing hubs

[rednose]

I went to ford today with my pride hanging out and asked if they could help identify my squealing problem, Its not the slide pins because I have lubed them twice, they said it was the hub seals so I told them that I heard that ford didnt have a fix for that yet but they said that for has recently come out with a fix he said a lot of squealing gets blamed on the brakes but it is almost always the hub seals, he wants 170 bucks to replace both fronts, does anybody have any comments?
98 4-door
K&N, granetelli mass air flow sensor, edelbrock IAS shocks.

 

[leebo]

There's the ford hubs for you. This happens alot. The hubss heat up and melt the seal. This causes the hubs to be shot. Time for new hubs. Check out http://www.fordpartsnetwork.com they've got some other hubs for about 250 I think.....or warn has a set of manual ones for about 180. The manual ones are what I would chose. They're stronger but you need to get out to lock them in.

 

[TPLYNCH]

Leebo, Rednose has a '98 which does not have the infamous auto-hub setup of the 91-94's. It's a whole different design. There is no manual hub for 95+. My '99 had the squeal last winter. Usually happens when cold. Had the hub seals and dust boot covers replaced under warranty, haven't heard the squeal since.

 

[leebo]

OOPS. I missed that one. You're right. My bad. I'm just so used to seeing a hub go bad and right away I guess it's a early explorer. Sorry.