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Just curious about what you used to grind it down. Dremel? Bench grinder?
How long did it take you? Or let me rephrase...how many Michelobs?
I used my bench grinder, took 2 minutes to do this. You could use a dremel too. I would put the pliers in a vise if using a dremel to make it easier, so that they don't move on you when trying to grind the tips.
Haha Chris!! No Michelobs this time. I was dealing with the running gear, I didn't want to make any mistakes.
Thanks for sharing your homemade tool.I have a set of Craftsman pliers that worked well on my 2001. I have asked this before and never got an answer,are the newer truck snap rings more difficult to remove?
Thanks for sharing your homemade tool.I have a set of Craftsman pliers that worked well on my 2001. I have asked this before and never got an answer,are the newer truck snap rings more difficult to remove?
Newer is a very loose term......
Please specify a certain year to get a base for the term "newer".
Thanks for sharing your homemade tool.I have a set of Craftsman pliers that worked well on my 2001. I have asked this before and never got an answer,are the newer truck snap rings more difficult to remove?
Originally Posted by SnowPlowDriver
By newer 2005 and newer. The year coil springs started and different style locking hubs.
My previous 2004 6oh I never had to remove that snap ring, but I have heard that the ring is harder than the 2004's and older. Whether that is true or not, is subjective to the owner I guess.
Once ground down the tips of the pliers it worked great, and easy.
As a Ford dealer tech who has had more than his share of these apart, I can vouch for these pliers NEVER slipping thus far. Unlike my Snap-On one that has worn the tips down crooked, making it dangerous to use.
I don't understand why everyone is having such a hard time with the snap ring removal? It's only behind the hub face a few inches and the hub it self is large enough to get even short snap pliers in there. I have an old set of standard length craftsmen snap ring pliers that are a little worn out and I've removed the Ford snap rings a bunch of times with zero issues, and the tips on mine are bent and filed shorter
Mine is a late model 12/05 and that snap ring was a bitch to get out. broke two sets of snap ring pliers and finally did exactly what was the original posting indicates- worked great
I don't understand why everyone is having such a hard time with the snap ring removal? It's only behind the hub face a few inches and the hub it self is large enough to get even short snap pliers in there. I have an old set of standard length craftsmen snap ring pliers that are a little worn out and I've removed the Ford snap rings a bunch of times with zero issues, and the tips on mine are bent and filed shorter
Had to look at your profile after this post, and yup, as suspected, you have a 2004 model. The 1999-2004 front hub snap rings are indeed as easy as you say.
The coil sprung, wider track 2005 and up Super Duties have front hub snap rings that are much more difficult to engage, as they sit in a different style and diameter of hub, engaging a different style and diameter of stub axle. There isn't nearly the open space surrounding the stub axle to work with within the hub collar. It is completely different set up in that regard than the preceding year.
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