Photo Essay - Ba/bf Front Bearing Hub Replacement

[Ford33t]

Nice work in fixing it all up.

[SimonsBA]

Gidday Phil. 

My '05 BA has been making a terrible noise for a week or two now and some trouble shooting and a warrant check by a mechanic led me to believe it was the front left wheel bearing. 

Thanks for the write up, photos and instructions. 

Got me through replacing my first wheel hub assembly nicely. 

Unfortunately the same exact noise is coming from the front left side of the car at both low and high speeds after replacing it.

Could you offer any advice to a novice as to what the issue may be now that I've eliminated the wheel bearing? 

The mechanic said both my lower ball joints need replacing ( which I'm looking into ) but they wouldn't be responsible for the noise. 

Any advice or assistance would be a real help. 

Thanks again.

[k31th]

whenever you replace one side of the wheel bearings, you replace both sides, as if you replace just one, then the new one will be less worn than the originally non-replaced one and it'll speed up the degradation of the bad one, which can then lead to the potentially fast degradation of the new one.

 

If you turn left and the noise increases, it'll be the right wheel-bearing vice-versa.

[SimonsBA]

Thanks k31th, 

I'll get the right side bearing replaced and see what that does. 

Thanks for your time. 

[SimonsBA]

Update: Put the new Bearing in, this one took 40 mins as opposed to the hour 15 that the first one took. Was in worse condition than the left hand side.

Thanks again to Keith for the advice. 

Now onto getting the ball joints replaced.

[k31th]

Good stuff, Simon

[Harbinger]

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Appreciate the attention to detail here.

McInerny Ford in Perth, quoted $155 for each bearing and an hour each to fit at $150/hr. so bill would be $600.

 

Ebay prices for bearings suggest around $70 to $90  for a pair, plus free shipping if you can wait a couple of weeks, else $60 shipping. Total $150, if you can use a long handle lever with a 36mm socket. That $450 if you can do it yourself and itll take probably less time than driving over and picking up the car afterwards.

 

I wonder what I should do?   https://www.totaltools.com.au/36mm-1-2-socket for $22.

[GlennBarry]

Resurrecting a very old thread, great tutorial BTW

 

Not, not paying attention I got some new wider profile tyres fitted to my 19" rims 245/45 R19 to be precise, and guess what they just rub on the inside sidewall edge and top on the underside of the suspension, not by much, but enough.

 

I coulda woulda shoulda measured, but didn't...

 

So I'm wondering if I can fit some spacers, ~5mm should do it just fine - TBD, when I go down and actually take some measurements.

 

Now two issues, with the current OEM wheel studs there isn't much thread engagement with the wheel nuts already, so that's had me looking for a set of longer wheel studs - can be bought.

 

Then it occurs to me, what about a front wheel hub with longer wheel studs as standard - Ford Territory 2WD RWD look very similar and potentially longer wheel studs as standard, I have to check that.

 

Next issue potentially solved by the territory they look to have a longer protrusion where the wheel hub centre itself slips over.

 

Does anyone know if they'll firstly, fit, and secondly, are the wheel studs longer, and thirdly, is the centre protrusion for the wheel centre longer?

 

If I'm on the wrong track, please point me in the correct direction.

 

Here's a pic of the Territory front wheel hub

 

thanks.

Edited 08/11/24 12:01 AM by GlennBarry
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[xr6tForMe]

That seems like something that very few people are likely to know.

I think you might need to have the parts side by side to compare to have a good idea if they might fit.

There might also be other dimensions that are different as well?

Where are you located?

[GlennBarry]

Thanks for the reply - I did some more research, it looks to be that the hubs are the same for the Territory and Falcon.

 

I'm in Narrabeen Sydney - very few wreckers close by nowadays unfortunately...

 

In the absence of finding a hub to fit with longer wheel studs as stock and extended centre hub protrusion - I think I've figured out the easiest pathway - my wheels are dual PCD 100 and 114.3 so I'll make up a spacer which bolts onto the wheel itself to give me the offset clearance I need, that will be secured by the second set of bolt holes and fit the hub snugly.

 

I've got a lathe that can get put into service - if I'm sensible about it, I should get new front hubs and fit longer studs, and extend the centre hub protrusion 10mm

 

The wheels with the same 245/40 tyres of a different brand (slightly smaller width when fitted) clear the inside sidewall on the suspension but touch the knuckle at the top - it's close only a few millimetres in it, it scrubs about 10mm onto the tyre.

 

It's the knuckle in the second post from this thread that interferes with the tyre