I found that when Ford pulled my dust caps(both sides) off initally(for the bearing warrany extension) they just used a screw driver and bent the side a little and used some silicone when reinstalling it. I would suggest to try to get it back as round as possible before reinstalling.
The Nut needs to be reinstalled at like 190Ft pounds. My torque wrench only went to 170 so I torqued to 170 than got the braker bar and turned it a bit more.
Also make sure you take any rust or grease off the center part that the bearing rides on and the bolt screws to.
What I did was get the wheel bearing recall kit from ford for about $60(part number is in my part number thread). I than used a buddy's press and pressed out the old bearing and pressed in the new bearings. I would also recomend turnig the drum if you do this but it's not necessary if you have low miles on the car. If doing this remember to take off the seal and snap/spring ring(the kit does not come with this so you need to keep track of this) that are holding the bearing in. I did not see this and snapped the drum causing me to buy a new drum at $45.
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Last edited on Thu May 12th, 2005 07:23 pm by fx3
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