DRVING FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO FLA THE BEARING GOES OUT IN GEORGIA. NO TOOLS IN A TRUCK STOP, CALLED A GUY THE TRUCK STOP RECOMMENDED ON SUNDAY WE REPLACED THE FRONT BEARING [450 BUCKS FROM FORD] THE MAJOR PROBLEM WAS THE STUDS THAT HELD THE BEARING HOUSING ON WAS RUSTED IN PLACE, [YOU GUESSED IT, NO LUBRICATION]. REPLACED BEARING AND LUBBED STUDS, NUT LUGS AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.. WHILE I WAS THERE A GUY WITH A FORD LIKE MINE CAME BY TO SAY HE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM... I WOULD HAVE PAID A LITTLE MORE MONEY WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IF FORD WOULD HAVE DONE THE SIMPLE THING EVERY MECHANIC DOES... PUT IT TOGETHER THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD IF YOU HAD TO TAKE IT APART!!!!
DRVING FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO FLA THE BEARING GOES OUT IN GEORGIA. NO TOOLS IN A TRUCK STOP, CALLED A GUY THE TRUCK STOP RECOMMENDED ON SUNDAY WE REPLACED THE FRONT BEARING [450 BUCKS FROM FORD] THE MAJOR PROBLEM WAS THE STUDS THAT HELD THE BEARING HOUSING ON WAS RUSTED IN PLACE, [YOU GUESSED IT, NO LUBRICATION]. REPLACED BEARING AND LUBBED STUDS, NUT LUGS AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.. WHILE I WAS THERE A GUY WITH A FORD LIKE MINE CAME BY TO SAY HE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM... I WOULD HAVE PAID A LITTLE MORE MONEY WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IF FORD WOULD HAVE DONE THE SIMPLE THING EVERY MECHANIC DOES... PUT IT TOGETHER THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD IF YOU HAD TO TAKE IT APART!!!!
- crabbo, Bell, FL, US