Hi All,

My 2014 F250 w/ 100k miles is starting to have some serious rotational noise between 0-40mph. I had a hunch it was the wheel bearing but had a local shop confirm this morning. They want $700-$750 for the job. On ebay I can pick the part up between $200-$400 depending on the brand.

2 questions for you guys..

#1) Is there a certain brand you recommend? MOOG? Timken? OEM (If I can find it..)?

#2) How hard is this job? I'm thinking a buddy and I can knock it out in an afternoon but just want to hear if anyone on here has experience with this..

Thanks!

Sean

 

I personally always went with Timken, Auto normally sticks them and the ones I bought had a 3 year no questions asked warranty.

I would say you easily should be about to get it done in 2 - 2 1/2 hrs for your first time. I ran a snowplow so got quite good at changing mine. Had it down to about 40 mins a side.
Not much to it. Take the wheel off, manual hub off, snap rings inside hub, along with plastic spacer washers(pay attention to how they are arranged, take off caliper, rotor and pads. Then four bolts from the back and out it comes. Clean up any rust, replace any seals behind it if needed, I always put a little anti seize on the mating surface to help with down the road repairs and reinstall in reverse order.

 

Last hubs I changed were in our Mountaineer. I did both over my lunch hour.


Soak all the components you can get too for a day or two if you can.


I used Timken's

 

I use Timkens from Rock Auto,about $200 each. Don't start the job without the proper snap ring pliers. I use Knipex 46 11 a3.

 

I'm planning on doing the swap this weekend, is it pretty straight forward or will I be needing a manual? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

There’s some GREAT how too videos on you tube....

its not to hard....and there’s NO special tools needed.

best of luck

 

Another vote for Timken parts. When I did mine back in 2013 I got incredibly lucky and caught Amazon's pricing algorithm at the bottom of a cycle and paid about $100 apiece for two of them. One of the times I've been relatively lucky.

 

Get some good snap ring pliers...the snap ring around the axle shaft is pretty robust. Before putting new hub assembly on truck...take a good look at the knuckle assembly where wheel bearing slides into. Any rust/deformation on that lip where the o ring seals.....take some fine sand paper and remove that, otherwise you can damage the o ring and your esof won't work properly.

 

oh and another note....i always put some grease to aid that o ring sliding into the knuckle assembly as well.

 

Be careful ordering from Rock Auto. My neighbor bought a set and the parts they delivered were what their online parts lookup showed but they did not fit. Even worse we waited too long to return them (30 day return window).