How do the front sealed bearings let you know...
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You can tell when they're starting to go by hearing grinding when you spin the tire with it off the ground.
Hard to hear the beginnings of a failure with the engine running going down the road though.
Probably a good idea to jack the front and give a spin at least every oil change. When they go it can happen very fast or can take a while.
Miles don't mean much either, I have over 200k miles on the original bearings.
Whatever you do don't replace with the $125 Chinese junk bearings the auto parts have been selling, they rarely make it even 10,000 miles.
Expect to pay about $200 for good ones.
Hard to hear the beginnings of a failure with the engine running going down the road though.
Probably a good idea to jack the front and give a spin at least every oil change. When they go it can happen very fast or can take a while.
Miles don't mean much either, I have over 200k miles on the original bearings.
Whatever you do don't replace with the $125 Chinese junk bearings the auto parts have been selling, they rarely make it even 10,000 miles.
Expect to pay about $200 for good ones.
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jack up the truck grab the tire at the top and bottom rocking back and forth excess movement there shot. I had gone through 3 skf bearings in under 2 years and was close to my fourth when I finally gave up and did the locking hub conversion with junk yard ford parts for about a $100 more than a set of new bearings
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You can tell when they're starting to go by hearing grinding when you spin the tire with it off the ground.
Hard to hear the beginnings of a failure with the engine running going down the road though.
Probably a good idea to jack the front and give a spin at least every oil change. When they go it can happen very fast or can take a while.
Miles don't mean much either, I have over 200k miles on the original bearings.
Whatever you do don't replace with the $125 Chinese junk bearings the auto parts have been selling, they rarely make it even 10,000 miles.
Expect to pay about $200 for good ones.
Hard to hear the beginnings of a failure with the engine running going down the road though.
Probably a good idea to jack the front and give a spin at least every oil change. When they go it can happen very fast or can take a while.
Miles don't mean much either, I have over 200k miles on the original bearings.
Whatever you do don't replace with the $125 Chinese junk bearings the auto parts have been selling, they rarely make it even 10,000 miles.
Expect to pay about $200 for good ones.
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Typically, you can hear the noise before you can feel it.
It sounds like a helicopter in slow motion. Here is a video I found on youtube.
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Once you hear it, fix it asap.
It sounds like a helicopter in slow motion. Here is a video I found on youtube.
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Once you hear it, fix it asap.
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Here is a link of all the info needed to do the swap for a reasonable price.http://www.competitiondiesel.com/for...ad.php?t=86248.
If this get deleted for some reason PM me for more info. And yes it will work on a second gen truck, that's what I have.
If this get deleted for some reason PM me for more info. And yes it will work on a second gen truck, that's what I have.
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