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Hopefully someone can help me here. I have an 02 GT with 74k on it. I've had to replace 2 hub bearings in the past week, both on the front passenger side. they last about a day and then it starts making a nasty grinding noise when i turn left. Any ideas as to why this keeps happening? Anybody else have this problem?
 

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shadowp5 said:
Hopefully someone can help me here. I have an 02 GT with 74k on it. I've had to replace 2 hub bearings in the past week, both on the front passenger side. they last about a day and then it starts making a nasty grinding noise when i turn left. Any ideas as to why this keeps happening? Anybody else have this problem?
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are you buying genuine Ford or aftermarket? did you replace the spindle nut? did you tq the nut to factory specs?
 
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i'm not sure about any of those. I had a friend of mine do it and he works at a shop.
 
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He must have installed defective or used parts... The bearing is not serviceable, is prelubed, and is pretty much just a bolt on. Its not rocket science even I can do it
 
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Kilgore Trout said:
He must have installed defective or used parts... The bearing is not serviceable, is prelubed, and is pretty much just a bolt on. Its not rocket science even I can do it
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but is 2 in a row really that likely? is there anything else that could make these things go bad like they are?
 
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If he does not install the dust cap and you drive through a pool of strong acid mixed with finely powdered carbide I guess it could fail in one day... Could that have happened?

Seriously though, take it to a different shop or DIY.
 

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but is 2 in a row really that likely? is there anything else that could make these things go bad like they are?
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cheap parts or a poor install thats about it
 
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Kilgore Trout said:
If he does not install the dust cap and you drive through a pool of strong acid mixed with finely powdered carbide I guess it could fail in one day... Could that have happened?

Seriously though, take it to a different shop or DIY.
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haha i do that all the time. i'll probably end up doing it myself. thanks for your help
 
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haha i do that all the time. i'll probably end up doing it myself. thanks for your help
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I made a thread on hub bearing replacement in 4.6 tech with pics and parts prices, check it out
 
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