Wheelbearings ?
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Originally Posted by Clint Knotts
Anyone else having front wheelbearing problems?
Yep,i have to change the passenger side now.I did the drivers side last summer.But i get mine for 285.00 each,not to painful.
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Originally Posted by monsterbaby
Do they have the vacumn line attached to the steering knuckle, the manual/auto hubs look like they are manual hubs but if you read the front it says locked or auto, not locked and free
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The pics of the hubs and floor shifter is what I have.I also want to say thanks for the info.This truck was bought new off the lot,the dealer must have ordered it with the manual 4x4 and lariat package.seems kind of odd but I like it that way.I can use low range when I am backing the fifth wheel with out being in 4 wheel drive.
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Clint if I had bought my truck new thats the way I would have ordered it too, I don't like the electric shift on the dash but I can do the same thing since I switched my stock hubs out for a set of warn hubs when one of them when bad, and I found out that one stock auto/manual hubs cost almost double what a set of warn premium hubs cost. I was actually loooking at buying a new one when I found this one on the lot that was one year old and they sold it to me for almost $11k under what the original sticker price was figured I could live with a year less for that much depreciation.
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From: NH
Guys,
I have almost 150K on my truck, bought it with 97K, dont know if the wheel bearings were ever changed, have replaced the manual hubs once, wish I went with the warns but bought stock.. 2000 F350.. My questions is, what are the symptoms when your wheel bearing(s) are failing ?? Would it be obvious to me?
Would they catch it on a ford service multi point inspection ??
Thanks for any info on this...
I have almost 150K on my truck, bought it with 97K, dont know if the wheel bearings were ever changed, have replaced the manual hubs once, wish I went with the warns but bought stock.. 2000 F350.. My questions is, what are the symptoms when your wheel bearing(s) are failing ?? Would it be obvious to me?
Would they catch it on a ford service multi point inspection ??
Thanks for any info on this...
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Mine didn't make any obvious noise until the left bearing was sooooooo bad that the wheel would shift on low speed turns and i could hear the disc rubbing on the brake caliper.
It did pull a little to one side, but not badly and not all the time.
Best way to find out - raise the front end. Take the top and bottom of the wheel in your hands, and try to feel for play. My right one was tight. The left one moved a LOT. But mine was going, it was gone.
It did pull a little to one side, but not badly and not all the time.
Best way to find out - raise the front end. Take the top and bottom of the wheel in your hands, and try to feel for play. My right one was tight. The left one moved a LOT. But mine was going, it was gone.
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...............My 99 has almost 95k . Had my dealer replace the clutch at 73k and he said they could grease front bearing hubs for 40 bucks and so i had it done . Now , don't ask me how they accomplished this but I trust my dealer to basically be an honest person . As soon as I sell my land\home I'm going to get the complete workover\replacement on the front axle . This truck has had NO lift , NO oversize tires and the alignment has been checked twice since I bought it new . As a previous poster postulated Both excessively large tires and lifts create UNnecessary stress on the suspension , driveline , and other components and serve NO useful purpose other than to make the lift company owners richer everytime someone purchases a lift . Too each his OWN as the saying goes but I have other things I'd rather DO with my money than to pay for UN necessary repairs attributable to big tires and lifts . sk 
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Originally Posted by skuteman
...............My 99 has almost 95k . Had my dealer replace the clutch at 73k and he said they could grease front bearing hubs for 40 bucks and so i had it done . Now , don't ask me how they accomplished this but I trust my dealer to basically be an honest person . As soon as I sell my land\home I'm going to get the complete workover\replacement on the front axle . This truck has had NO lift , NO oversize tires and the alignment has been checked twice since I bought it new . As a previous poster postulated Both excessively large tires and lifts create UNnecessary stress on the suspension , driveline , and other components and serve NO useful purpose other than to make the lift company owners richer everytime someone purchases a lift . Too each his OWN as the saying goes but I have other things I'd rather DO with my money than to pay for UN necessary repairs attributable to big tires and lifts . sk
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