1999 Taurus front wheel bearing & lower ball joins replacement

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Stanav - 28 Sep 2006 02:42 GMT

Just a quick question to you experts out there: how difficult it is to
replace the front wheel bearing hub assembly and the lower ball joins on a
99 Taurus? The scale is 1-10, 1 is for very easy (such as doing an oil
change) and 10 is the hardest (like rebuild the engine or transmission)

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d.laponte - 08 Oct 2006 16:07 GMT

the bearing is in the knuckle the hub slides into the bearing and i
held on by the lock-nut. the knuckle has to come off the car t
replace the bearing. it is held in by a snap-ring. with the knuckl
off the car, the lower ball joint can be easily replaced as long a
you have the tool to press the
joint out and in

> Stanavwrote

Just a quick question to you experts out there: how difficult it i
to

> replace the front wheel bearing hub assembly and the lower bal

joins on a

> 99 Taurus? The scale is 1-10, 1 is for very easy (such as doing a

oil

> change) and 10 is the hardest (like rebuild the engine o

transmission

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