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5th Wheeling
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Hubs
I need to replace the front hubs on my 2000 F-350 SD 7.3L. I had both of them done about 12 years ago and the drivers side done again about 4 or 5 years later. This time I want to do the job myself and I'm researching various hubs. I'd like to hear from anyone who has my truck as well as their opinions of the various hubs available on the market today. The truck has just over 200K on it. I'm planning a roda trip to Alaska this summer so it's essential that I address this problem.
Thanks for any/all help, suggestions, opinions...
Thanks for any/all help, suggestions, opinions...
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I just replaced my passenger side front hub assembly on my 2014 f250 XLT. All in all it took about 2 hours but I bet the second time around I could do it in 45 min. The hardest part was getting the retaining clip on and off (broke 1 set of pliers). I used a Timken hub, if I recall I bought it from partsgeek. Good luck!
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Here's what I was talking about...the whole assembly: https://www.partsgeek.com/ss/?i=1&ssq=HA590435&x=0&y=0
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5th Wheeling
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Hey thanks for your help so far. Yes gentlemen I was talking about the whole hub assembly with the bearings etc. I am not knowledgeable about mechanical things but I'm willing to do relatively straightforward things like brakes.
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How old are the ball joints and axle u joints? This would be a good time to replace them if needed. I use Timken from Rock auto.
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Another vote for Timken or Motorcraft here. Also assuming they are similar to the ones on my 2008...if you have ABS you can remove the ABS sensor periodically and put grease in the hole and lube the unit bearings to extend their life. I'm still on original wheel bearings......hope I didn't just jinx myself lol.
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Another vote for Timken or Motorcraft here. Also assuming they are similar to the ones on my 2008...if you have ABS you can remove the ABS sensor periodically and put grease in the hole and lube the unit bearings to extend their life. I'm still on original wheel bearings......hope I didn't just jinx myself lol.
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Never again.
Now, I've had this truck long enough and with the internet including the FTE brotherhood, of course, there's not a thing on this old dino that I don't think I could handle myself. I've changed the hub/bearing assembly in a parking lot. Saving the extra Benjamin's goes towards other toys for the old girl.
RiffRaff sells the greasable insert into the ABS fitting to prolong the life of them as mentioned above. I'll be snagging me one of these on my next order from Clay
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Thanks
Thanks everybody for the helpful advice. I bought and successfully installed new Timken hubs on both front wheels. The driver's side had been replaced about 80,000 miles ago and the passenger side was replaced over 100,000 miles ago! The passenger side was totally shot, so I'm very happy I decided to replace both of them. I had to beat it with a 4# sledge to get it off. On close inspection the axle seemed to be fine. I cleaned it off, polished it with emery cloth and liberally greased it and it went back together perfectly. The Timken hubs came with replacement studs which was great since two of the studs on one side and all of the studs in the other side were stuck in the old hubs and I don't have a torch with which to loosen them. For a guy who knows virtually nothing about mechanical things, I'm pretty happy with how relatively easy this was to repair. Thanks again everyone, you are a great bunch.
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