I am trying to pull front hubs so I can repack wheel bearings and am having problems removing c-washer from stub shaft.I have tried snap ring,c-clip pliers and am wondering if it takes a special pliers and where I can get a pair? The local parts suppliers dont carry them.Any tips & advice is greatly appreciated!

 

.........first off; WELCOME to the FTE forum, rain ryder...... ......

....to give ya so insight of help, click over onto my Gallery-O-Album's and check out the album dealing with the 4x4 auto-hub's and you can see for WHAT tool's i used to tear down and re-assenbled with......{ i know i have a different year of this and all, But, the BASIC's of dealing with these "Auto" hub's should be pretty much the same...} . . . . are you referring to the " half-C_clip " ???? if so, i had a tuff time of removing for the driver's side at first, but i Grabb'd a hold of the shaft for what the clip was in the groove of and just gave it a yank or two and got just enough free_space for the "C" clip was easy enough to just pop - off/out with my pick-tool........hopefully i am NOT barking up the wrong tree for info to ya on this & hopefully this help'd out............again, Welcome to the forum and keep us posted and all for also giving ya help further.......

mr. Charles

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Welcome to FTE...ditto on what he said...I had a hard time on my 89 bronc when I converted her to Manuals (which you should also do...auto's suck)seems like you gotta give her a littlewiggle if you can as well.....

 

Thanks for the replys!I thought I needed a special Ford part #7896541230 c-clip removal tool you know how Ford is,but I got in there with a pick & screw driver & it came right off.


















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.....sorry if i didn't get back at ya sooner; ...got tied up with getting a new muffler to be put on my F150 here..... .....anyway's, glad to see ya got a hold of thing's going in a positive way for your project ! ! ! ......hope the rest is just down hill for ya, and all goes well..........

mr. Charles

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