How y'all doing? Thought I would bring this problem ear before I venture out into Facebook hell. A few years ago I smoked the drivers side knuckle bearing. this was about 30,000 miles since I rebuilt the rear suspension. I pressed the bearing in myself and am very confident I did it correctly. It has been about 10,000 miles and I blew the bearing again. This time I used the actual Ford bearing tools (thanks to Mark Darrah. He spends a lot of time on Ebay.) Replacing the bearing will not be a challenge, but does anyone have any idea why it would happen again so quickly? Maybe a damaged or bad knuckle?
When I rebuilt the rear suspension I replaced and rebuilt everything. Either new or very good used parts were used. Completly rebuilt the diff. Low mile half shafts. Poly knuckle bushings. When the bearing was good there were no odd noises or signs of problems. Then the oother day I heard a not soo happy noise and was like..."fuck. that does not sound good.".
When I rebuilt the rear suspension I replaced and rebuilt everything. Either new or very good used parts were used. Completly rebuilt the diff. Low mile half shafts. Poly knuckle bushings. When the bearing was good there were no odd noises or signs of problems. Then the oother day I heard a not soo happy noise and was like..."fuck. that does not sound good.".