STUCK HUBS
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STUCK HUBS
Hey all, A newbie - I'm here looking for info, and there is a lot great stuff on this site. I'm looking for ideas - I'm replacing the worn ball joints on the '99 F-350 4x4, and it did spend part of it's early life near salt water - I can't seem to get the manual locking hub housing off the wheel bearing hub. The snap ring came off the hub housing easy enough, the rotors were tough but with the penetrating fluid and banging all over them they finally broke free, but these corroded aluminum hubs won't budge. I've cleaned them, sprayed PB blaster several times, tried heat on the wheel hub with a cold rag to shrink the housing quick to pop it loose, spent time banging on them with a soft hammer, tried a hose clamp tight on it, hammering on the clamp on an outward direction.............Help! Can't seem to get them to budge!
Any ideas welcome.
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this might help.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8885979
theres also some other good write ups in the tech folder at the top of the superduty forum.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ml#post8885979
theres also some other good write ups in the tech folder at the top of the superduty forum.
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You're doing all the right stuff, but you might have to resort to bigger hammers, more torch time, and more potential collateral damage. If you destroy the Ford hub, well, you'd want to replace it with an aftermarket hub anyway ;-). You may have to break up the hub with a chisel and take it out in pieces, being careful not to damage anything but the hub.
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Thanks for the helpful replies, after a heavier hammer and a few more heat/ice applications, the chipping out method prevailed. Using that video of the hub servicing, and seeing how the part looked inside, and after knocking most of the exposed hub off, I was able to use a 3/16" drillbit and drilled a series of horizontal holes around the perimeter and cracked it loose - wow! I did crack that plastic inner spring plate, but the rest seems OK. That's just the one side. Work-in-progress :-)
Thanks again!!
Thanks again!!
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