Hi All,
Front hub bearing **** itself,
Any feed back on a good hub replacement.
I got quotes from $180 to $1280


Cheers,
Patchy

 

Patchy,
are you intending to replace the bearing or the entire hub assembly?

The hub assembly job is probably easier but is going to cost more than a new bearing kit.

I ask as $180 to $1,280 is an enormous price range for the job.

One other consideration, if one failed the other side may well be ready to
give up the ghost soon and you may need to look into doing both sides.

 

Don't skimp on quality, I always use timken bearing hubs. Cheap Chinese ones just don't last. Brian at f series diesel in Victoria is very closely priced to what you will get them from usa.

 

Just as a point of comparison, I had one **** itself too (in the middle of no-where in the Mexican desert no-less).
I bought a genuine Ford part for ~US$500 at the time.

I would not buy one that was not either Ford OEM or at least a highly reputable aftermarket manufacturer, as they are a unit bearing (replace entire assembly), you won't want to be in the middle of the Mexican or Australian desert when it fails.

It is a reasonably easy job to replace, I would also order the studs (makes the job a lot easier).

 

Hi guys,

I did both my F250 4WD front hubs 14 months ago. I just got online and ordered a pair of Raybestos 715056, was USD 568.68 delivered to my door ($154.79 each + 259.10 shipping) from RockAuto.

I chose the Raybestos as a quality US brand, but like many brands, they'd moved their manufacturing to China. So far no problems, but only time will tell if the Raybestos brand has kept their quality.

When I'm on the big lap I'll be taking my good take-off as a spare.

Bearing assembly change over is fairly easy - plenty of easy to follow guides around.

 

The MOOG brand stuff is highly recommended.
Any of these suit your truck?

MOOG MOOG-515020 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly Made by MOOG
MOOG MOOG-515021 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly Made by MOOG
MOOG MOOG-515057 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly Made by MOOG

 

If you are doing your fr hub assemblies, the seals you need are.
Fr hub seal- F81Z-4A322-AA
Oil seal - F81Z-3254-CB

 

Hi Guys,
Got a hub from Super F Spares
It's a *** Hub unit Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket Australia
$544, Seems to be well manufactured, Only time will tell if its any good


Cheers,
Patchy

 

Job done,
The hardest part was trying to plug the ABS sensor in


Cheers,
Patchy

 

Good result then!