Wheel bearing

[Dennis Shelley]

Need to replace front wheel bearing (4 X 4). Checked the project section and found the CV/half axle project. This project gets close to the wheel bearing.

Has anyone replaced the bearing?? Seems like the half axle can be replaced at the same time once the whole side is opened up.

Any help is appreciated.

The ST is a 2001. 181,000 miles

Thanks

 

[Mark Stadnicki]

Ford wheel bearings!! :angry: I'm changing a wheel hub too. The job was easy on my '02 2 wheel drive. Good luck on yours!

 

[Travis Stevens]

Go to projects and search "hub" and it will give you a project on changing those

Here's some pics that may help

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[Henry Suarez]

How does one know their whel bearings are going bad?

 

[Travis Stevens]

uneven tire wear, grinding or whining noise while driving but not while stopped... jack the front end up so the tires arent toughing the ground and grab a tire at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions and shake it back and fourth if it moves its a bad hub bearing or a very bad ball joint

 

[mike burns 3]

Usually your ABS will start acting up as the bearing gets sloppy

 

[Chris Turner]

Methinks I'm there, in a bad way. Kinda late to the 'bad bearings/hubs/knuckles' news... so late that the last time i drove the'trac, it sporadically started humming/vibrating from & feeling like it was dragging in the front right. Worried me pretty badly; has been parked since. Any thoughts on which it might be? Instinct says a bad bearing trying to sieze, but I'm just some idiot on the internet.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

When Travis says shake, what he means is, to push the top in while pulling the bottom out. Then do the opposite, (top out while pushing bottom in). Do this back and forth. If you get a minute amount of movement, your ok but it is wearing. If it goes KLUNK KLUNK or moves like a half inch, then it is bad.

 

[Chris Turner]

Thanks for the quick reply, Joe! I'll give it a shake & we'll see what happens.

 

[Travis Stevens]

yea when i did this to mine i put my hand on in to support myself when i was kneeling down to check it and it went cluck so i didnt even have to try all to hard

 

[Chris Turner]

Well, the blasted thing is rock solid... so ow i have no clue what's up, :banghead: other than maybe a sticking caliper...? What's the best way to check for that, just pull the wheel off & cycle the brakes? Sorry for the thread derailment.

 

[Travis Stevens]

Could be a cv shaft going bad