How to Replace Locking Hub 1999-2004 Ford F250 Super Duty Truck
Created on: 2011-11-30
Check out this video to learn how to replace a worn out manual locking front wheel bearing hub in a Ford F250 Super Duty Truck.
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step 1 :Removing the Hub
- Remove the center cap using a pry bar or screwdriver
- Remove the snap ring from the hub
- Pull the hub out
- If the hub is stuck spray it with penetrating oil and let it sit for a while
- Hit it with a rubber mallet from the top and bottom until it loosens and pull it free
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step 2 :Installing a New Hub
- Clean the inside of the hub with a wire brush
- If available use compressed air to spray out the debris
- Push the new hub into place
- Use a rubber mallet to help the O-ring seat
- Put the snap ring on
- Replace the center cap
Tools needed
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Bearing Grease
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Rubber Mallet
Rust Penetrant
Wire Brush
Needle nose pliers
Brought to you by 1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet. In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the front hub, the front manual locking hubs on this 2003 F250. Obviously we'll show you one side. The other side is the same procedure. In a perfect world, the only tool you'll need is a flat blade screwdriver or pry bar to get your center cap off and you can theoretically take the hubs in and out without tools but the pliers will help. You'll want a wire brush to clean things up before you reassemble it, some bearing grease, and on our truck, it's a Northeastern truck so rubber mallet or penetrating were necessary to get it apart.
I'll need a flat blade screwdriver or a pry bar, it doesn't have to be this big and there's a slot back in the back and I'll pry them and the next one pulls right off. Okay, obviously you'll notice that the wheel and the breaks are missing. This is just because I did this, I shot this footage while doing another project so we do not need to remove the wheel and tire or anything to be able to switch your hub.
Okay, just stick your finger or you can use pliers obviously but you just kind of pull that snap ring, press it together, pull it right off. Okay, now in a perfect world, that hub should just pull right out but this truck is from the Northeast and it's not a perfect world. You can see my hub's got a lot of corrosion on it. I'm going to douse it with penetrating oil and let it sit for a while. After letting the penetrating oil sit for a little, rubber and mallet, hit the hub from side to side and just keep doing this, hit it with penetrating oil again and hit it with a rubber mallet and eventually start to loosen up.
We'll fast forward here. As you can see, I'm just kind of working it with the rubber mallet up and down, back and forth. I'll try it with the hands to see if it will pull out then keep working it. Okay now, use a wire brush and you'll just pry hub, it will go back together well. Okay, a little bit of compressed air. Okay, new hub from 1A Auto, put it in. Push it in. It does have a new o-ring so it will require just a little bit of force to seat the o-ring. Then put it, it snaps in. And replace your center cap.
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