Anyone know HOW???????

cobrarwanab

cobrarwanab

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I was tiring to replace a front wheel bearing on a 2000 mercury sable today. Got the breaks, rotor, caliper bracket and axle nut off. Then located the 3 bolts that hold the wheel barring hub assembly on to the steering knuckle. I under stand you must remove them to remove hub but how the hell do you clear the abs sensor ring on the drivers side front axle? The ring and axle shaft itself completely blocks the top hub bolt! I am going to take another crack at it tomorrow so any pointers would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
Thanks
Dave

The top bolt is compleatly hidden!
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OK, i got the new wheel bearing hub assembly. I just cant get the old hub assembly off the car, the three bolts are hidden by the abs tooth ring that is attached to the half shaft. do i have to pop out the lower ball joint and lower the lower a-arm, pop out the tie rod ball joint, loosen lower strut mount and remove the whole knuckle just to remove those 3 bolts to the wheel bearing hub? Is this what i have to go through just to chang the wheel bearing? Take a look at this link below.

http://www.alldatadiy.com/alldata/A.../34853741/34864218/34864722/34864404/34864421
 
I tried to push it in but it would not move, I even tried to use medium force with a large rubber mallet! If i could somehow push the axil in at all that would be a great help.
 
cobrarwanab said:
I tried to push it in but it would not move, I even tried to use medium force with a large rubber mallet! If i could somehow push the axil in at all that would be a great help.
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bigger hammer

put the nut on to protect the threads, and start hitting it, it will slide in about an inch

fords always have tight half shafts
 
dave89iroc said:
bigger hammer

put the nut on to protect the threads, and start hitting it, it will slide in about an inch

fords always have tight half shafts
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if this does not work, murrays' will loan you the hub puller tool, it bolts on using the wheel studs and uses a forcing screw to shove the axle out of the hub. i think it's 50 dollars but you get a full refund when you're done.
 
you location says DH. .. not to far from me.. if you have a air compressor i'd be willing to come by and take a wack at it sunday.. i got to much goign on tomorrow or i do it then.. let me know..

Your best bet thou is to take the two bolts holding the spindle to the strut out and remove the lower ball joint nuit and the tie rod end the sway bar link should mount to the trut dont ake that off unless u have to...

Then the cv shaft should slide out the hub and the abs ring stays on the cv and will no longer be in the way, a air hammer is your best friend on this job with a center punch bit.
 
i've used the air hammer trick too. you just have to be really careful with those threads unless you feel like spending 60-100 bucks on a cv shaft!
 
all cv axels have a lath hole in the ends. its like a center punch hole and if u use the air hammer with the center punch bit it would be really hard to mess up the threads
 
igotaneed4speed said:
you location says DH. .. not to far from me.. if you have a air compressor i'd be willing to come by and take a wack at it sunday.. i got to much goign on tomorrow or i do it then.. let me know..

Your best bet thou is to take the two bolts holding the spindle to the strut out and remove the lower ball joint nuit and the tie rod end the sway bar link should mount to the trut dont ake that off unless u have to...

Then the cv shaft should slide out the hub and the abs ring stays on the cv and will no longer be in the way, a air hammer is your best friend on this job with a center punch bit.
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IIRC, the strut won't come off like this, should be clampoed into a round hole in the spindle
 
I'm doing this job for a guy at work that i owe some money too, so i don't have the car with me. I was thinking it should slide in and out about 1/2in to 1in but i was to scared "like a baby girl" to hit it to hard! On monday I will give it another try. This time i will give the air hammer trick a try! Motown muscle is seriously a awesome group! Every time i have a question you guys always help me out. I mean people are even offering to come over and personally give me a hand! That doesn't happen anywhere else! Thank you guys I appreciate it!:rockwoot:
 
dave89iroc said:
push the axle in as far as you can, then use a swivel socket and an impact on the bolts
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this is the way we do it also. The axle usually moves alot easier the actually getting the hub out of the knuckle. You should have air tools to be doing this.

Joe
 
OK, I finally was able to push the axial shaft in far enough to get the 3 bolts completely loose from the hub assy. But because the hub assy is steel and the knuckle is aluminum the corrosion held these two together better than the bolts probably! I even put a 3 foot long pipe wrench with a 6 foot long piece of pipe on the hub assy! all together about 8 feet of leverage to try to spin the hub assy free from the knuckle! It would not budge! :pissed: I hit it with everything but the kitchen sink. Air hammer, hammer, bigger hammer, sludge hammer, pry bar, nothing would move it! I couldn't believe it, Nothing holding it on but the corrosion! So, I put it back together and he is taking it to a dealer tomorrow morning. I feel like a failure to the world!:stupid:
 
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