Dave Henshall

o oh

think my NSF wheel bearing is fuggered,

did i read that the hubs are now not available from ford anymorea few months back...? bearings shoudn't be a probelem, but if its gooses the housing - then what? are the escos ones the same front hubs as 4x4 saph or were they slightly revised?

Mike Rainbird

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Same.

tim10_10

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I got one about four months back for a 4x4 sapphire from ford. So you may still be in luck.

The Youth.

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I'm sure I read that the front wheel bearings are now not available from ford, non gen versions still are tho..

steve

kjc300

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Correct!! no longer serviced!!

Motor factors about £30, SKF Bearings. or ebay from GGR.

tim10_10

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Sorry i meant the hub I had to get a factored bearing

Dave Henshall

cheers guys,

so bearings aren't a problem, as best bet is a second hand hub off either an escos or saph 4b ; if its fooked - its gone quite loud today - gonna have to get it in bits on saturday before it drops off

Dave Henshall

performed the waggle test this morning - about 1" of play top/bottom. definate bearing failure - ordered one from the local motor factors, £20 for the complete kit (seals, grease and bearings) , bargain - arrives tuesday -

finers crossed its JUST the bearing not the hub aswell

Dave Henshall

gulp, 150 for a second hand hub complete - hopefully its just the cage that has collapsed - its onyl got to drive 7 more miles as is

tim10_10

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When you say hub do you mean the bit the bearing goes into, or the bit which reatians the wheel studs? As its usually the bit the wheel studs go into that wears and is then too small for the centre of the bearing. I think its around 120 new from ford.

Dave Henshall

the complete pair from paul at north yorkshire, the hub and carrier complete,

they are no longer availabel from ford

Dave Henshall

right after 3 hours in the cold and dark last nite - it got it stripped and back together - good news, the shaft is ok, the carrier is ok, just the hub has about a 1/2mm wear where the rear bearing sits, but the bearing was still free - so whats caused it to spin on the hub i dont know.

but as i need the car at the moment it had to go back together with the new bearings and a bodge until i can get a good hub adn another set of bearings i had to centre punch the whole of the worn area to give it a knurled effect and make some hight spots to increase the OD, when it was sufficiantly pimply and the new bearing was a snug fit, i cleaned it all, rebuilt it and then just as put the back race in, smeared the stub with locktite then tightened it all up. the headache has gone and there is no grumbling or rumbling from it this morning - so its just a matter of time until it goes again - but at least it buys me a bit of time. oh yeh the abs sensor was all ally-oxided up in the hole so that had to be punched out from the back - 1 more thing to add to the list im amazed it still works to be honest,

one thing i didnt do thuogh was count the number of teeth on the abs ring - someone on here afew months back wanted to know how many there were to calibrate their digital speedo dash using a abs sensor as the input

big-dirty-dog

where did you get the bearing set from for £20 ive been priceing up kits and cheepest i can get so far is £31 per set!!

Dave Henshall

macc motor factors 01625 617733, £19 +vat for a quinten hazel kit - and it comes with Timken bearings,
but im sure any local motor factors can sort you out