Tire Falling Off?
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Tire Falling Off?
Ok I know this sounds super weird but i bought my cousins 1990 bronco 2 and about the 2nd week of september the tire fell off while driving in the parking lot of walmart. know it has had some front end issue's before we were off roading and he broke the autolocking hub gears. My dad fixed it up and good for 5 or 6 months then in about september he took it through a huge mud puddle and flooded the engine. then in september the tire fell off. my dad fixed that and all has been good since then. he has been driving it since and i bought it on last sat. it had a weird grinding noise whenever i would get up on it. and so today i took the wheel and me and my dad took a look and it looked all good and then he was driving it sounded better then on our third loop around the block we turned the corner lost the breaks got out and there it was tire leaning luckily on then axle. so we were luckily right next to a friends house we got them to help us off the street and me and my dad put it quickly back together and so ya crappy car right. if anyone has had this problem or has ne perspective on the problem. my dad says theres a missing key idk what he's talking about.
Postmaster
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,742
Likes: 2
From: UT
The rotor is held on by the wheel bearings/wheel bearing locknut. Auto hubs still or did you convert to manual hubs? If you kept the auto hubs, are you getting the little locking key installed after adjusting the wheel bearings? If manual hubs, is the pin on the locking ring still there, and fitting correctly into the hole on the wheel bearing nut?
Posting Guru
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,915
Likes: 1
From: Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan
Front, Help. Sounds as if some parts are broken or missing if the bearing locknuts are coming loose - or the outer locknut isn't torqued down properly. They do require quite a bit of torque or they will back off and the part(s) between the two locknuts are of no use. I caught one of mine before I ended up in this predicament....
Trending Topics
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
do you have a diagram of what the front end is supposed to look like. i don't think there is an outer locknut. its on the driverside front.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
Top 10 Fords at 2026 Carlisle Ford Nationals
Joe Kucinski
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
Brett Foote
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Pouria Savadkouei
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
Brett Foote
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Posting Guru
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,915
Likes: 1
From: Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan
Any Haynes or Chilton's manual for your truck should have it. Another resource is the online repair guide @ the autozone website. I believe both the manual and auto hub setups had two locknuts with a washer (or washers?) in between that had a pin on it and tab for the keyway on the spindle to lock the inner one in place. I can't access the autozone site here to post a picture, unfortunately.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Big IV
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
17
Apr 3, 2011 11:45 AM
