Inner Wheel bearing
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yep, it's galled to the axle. I hope the heat and hammer and chisel gets it turning because your not likely to cut it with a chisel, they are very hard and I have had to cut them off with a acy/oxy torch and that is some delicate work.
If you can get a space between the back of it and the axle you may get it off with a puller and heat.
If you can get a space between the back of it and the axle you may get it off with a puller and heat.
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DaGGer, I guess you know that wheel bearings give warnings before they self destruct. There should have been some noise. The reason the inner race is stuck is it was spinning on the axle for a while. It was probably a little blue wasn't it? You'll have clean the metal welded to the spindle before you put the new bearing on it. Use the new bearing to tell when it is clean.
I don't know what the Ford recommendation is but at least every time you put brakes on the front bearings should be cleaned, inspected and repacked and seals replaced. Replace any bad bearings at that time.
I prefer to do it about every 50K miles. If they sound noisey I pull and check them.
I don't know what the Ford recommendation is but at least every time you put brakes on the front bearings should be cleaned, inspected and repacked and seals replaced. Replace any bad bearings at that time.
I prefer to do it about every 50K miles. If they sound noisey I pull and check them.
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You should have used a file or embry cloth to take the high spots off so the bearing would slide on. Since it is tight I would torque it and then smack the outside of the rotor to drive the bearing on all the way and then loosen and retorque it. You don't want the bearing going farther on the axle and loosening up the torque setting, the bearing may fail again.
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