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I swear by Aero Kroil.... I did some tests and found that the oil creeped into water pipe threads and tracked up the pipe and inch .... its amazing....
Also, I'm in the middle of replacing my front PVH hubs with Explorer axles and hubs on my 99 Ranger. PVH hubs and the manual hub kits for the 98 - 00 Ranger are garbage. Just gonna go with live axles.
I don't need to replace mine yet, they work just fine. i want to eventually do a SAS, but not sure what donner car I'm going to find one, and where I'm going to get the budget from either.
Holy crap dude you saved me a huge headache!!!! I didnt realize there were 2 bolts holding that cover on, making it impossible to get the 15mm socket on the hub bolts! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!🍺🍺
Great video on a serious project. Editing was excellent. You have my sympathy dealing with the wind speed noise. Good explanations on safety and assembly procedures.
For sure! It's a pretty straight forward job. but one thing i might recommend, if you have a 4x4 with the vacuum system, swap the vacuum hubs for manual locking ones. It means if you ever need your 4wd system, you have to get out and lock your hubs, BUT you only have to be stranded once with a failed vacuum system to realize the value in that. These are the ones I use: amzn.to/2G3DlC9
I have replaced the hubs in my '99 ranger and made the mistake of not greasing those small niddle bearings inside the back the hub and realized later that they will fall apart. You did a good job greasing the inside of any moving parts. Another thing, you forgot to mention the other larger O ring around the back of the hub. Those seem to be kind of difficult to find if not included with the new hub. I've been thinking about replacing the whole assembly including the cv shafts for the ones in the explorer to make them more efficient . Good video Thanks!
The difference is that the years '98, '99 ford made this hub "vacuum activated" which made them not very effective and easy to fail but, the explorers never had this system so the tip of the axle shafts has a thread and nut and the hub is grabbing it constantly making them literarily "constant velocity" (cv shafts). In this case the 4x4 can still be activated with the switch in the control panel via the transfer case in the transmission.
+Leo Cadena ah, like my 89 Cherokee, it has a crappy vacuum system, to save gas. later years got rid of it because it didn't actually save gas and is constantly broken.
You might like the look.... but its putting much more pressure on your wheel bearing.... the tire is supposed to track in a certain location ... you can put outer wear or inner wear and pressure on bearings with a tire that is inside or outside from factory build spec.... you may damage or change handling characteristics as well....Doc.
This is a freaking lifesaver! I thought a noise coming from my truck was the CV axle going out, but recently it started to grind bad and really begin to produce that whistle associated with a wheel bearing. My truck "Ruby" is a '99 XLT 4x4 with the same set up as yours. Thanks so much for the vid. PS. the trick with the baling wire sounds fairly smart. wish me luck with the operation!
I recently did this again to replace something else, I ended up just using a couple of screw drivers, since I couldn't find my bailing wire. It was about as easy if you account for the time it takes to cut the pieces. just use the screw driver to lift up the tabs on a couple of the sections, pull on the plastic piece to hold them up, and work your way around. Took like maybe a minute or two for the first side, and 30 seconds for the other side.
So I just ordered some new hubs for my 98 4x4 ranger, and also thought I had 4 w ABS. You wouldn't have happened to get yours from 1aauto? I would like to used the hubs I got by clipping the wire as well, instead of exchanging them. The hubs been holding up? Thanks!
I bought mine off amazon, beyond that I don't remember exactly what brand they were. So far so good, BUT i didn't use the right kind of grease, get wheel bearing grease, Mine will probably need to be replaced again sooner than they should because I used the wrong lubricant.
Honestly I did this job over two years ago, and I don't remember what it would take. I would say that it would not be that much more work to do, since all the hard stuff is done with this job for sure.
ha i see you found the snap ring !! but amazingly you edited out!!! i have a strange feeling you DID NOT INSTALL THE SNAP RING!! prove me wrong thats the only hard part of the job lololol
I did, and about cried, took it all apart as did it again. Still have the truck and have had these off again since because my 4x4 wasn’t working. Ended up being the vacuum system. So switched to manual hubs.
@@AICvideo My ‘99 Ranger needs a new wheel bearing. Would you recommend I buy the manual locking hubs for it? The truck’s only going to get older and rustier and I want the four wheel drive system working as long as the truck continues to. Thanks for the video👍
Absolutely. I had the vacuum system fail on me one day when off roading and got stuck in sand, fortunately it was “only” a two mile walk to find somebody who could come tow me out... with manual hubs, never again.
@@AICvideo thanks for your quick reply and the Amazon link. One more question though, I would still buy the same wheel bearing hub assembly regardless of using the original vacuum operated or this manually operated device, correct?
Click bait title!!! You're replacing the hub assembly.. Not just the bearings.. Also, although most of it is all the same you claim ford ranger and you are clearly working on a mazda.. I won't be watching any more of your videos..
.... A mazda B series is a Ford ranger with a mazda badge. Literally every part is labeled with "foMoCo" the bearing and hub are one unit. you cannot replace "just" the bearing. My title is accurate and my video is relevant.
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Thank you!
Thanks to your video I was able to replace my wheel baring. Thanks for posting it.
glad to have helped.
PB Blaster is good.... if you want the cadillac of penetrants try using AERO KROIL .... its incredible as a penetrant...
I swear by Aero Kroil.... I did some tests and found that the oil creeped into water pipe threads and tracked up the pipe and inch .... its amazing....
Anyone on here know where to get the circlip that holds the cv joint need it ASAP😭😭😭😭😭😭
Never use grease on the manual lockers. Use a little 30 wt oil. Per the directions!
Also, I'm in the middle of replacing my front PVH hubs with Explorer axles and hubs on my 99 Ranger. PVH hubs and the manual hub kits for the 98 - 00 Ranger are garbage. Just gonna go with live axles.
I don't need to replace mine yet, they work just fine. i want to eventually do a SAS, but not sure what donner car I'm going to find one, and where I'm going to get the budget from either.
Is this the same for the rear ?
No.
@@AICvideo link to video for rear ?
Haven't done the rear yet.
Terrible audio, way too much yakking. You could have been done before dinner
I'm glad you found my video so informative and helpful!
you got way to much wind blowing into the mic to know what you are saying
Its not that important anyways.
Jesus wept these clips must have been designed by Satan himself.
actually I've taken the hubs on and off a few times and figured out it was a lot easier to do:
ua-cam.com/video/4HghKSiHUqI/v-deo.html
Good luck out Broski! Well detailed video and much appreciated 👍🏽
yep u forgot the snap ring
I saw that I was trying to see where he put that at in the vid
Do you know what part number is that, my truck is missing it.F87Z-3B457-AA that's the only think I found online but I don't think it's the one
Where's your snap ring holding your axle in the hub? That axle will fail.
There's a reason Ford only used this setup for 3 years.
Thanks for the video, I learned a lot I wasn't aware of. Hub broke in half on my 99 Ranger, getting started tomorrow.
Good luck with the repair.
Hola amigo una pregunta se podrá desarmar un candado y volver armar, cómo para reemplazar algunas piezas.
What?
Holy crap dude you saved me a huge headache!!!! I didnt realize there were 2 bolts holding that cover on, making it impossible to get the 15mm socket on the hub bolts! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!🍺🍺
Glad I was able to help out!
Great video on a serious project. Editing was excellent. You have my sympathy dealing with the wind speed noise. Good explanations on safety and assembly procedures.
Thanks. I just hope that doing this video helped somebody else out.
did u forget the snap ring
I think he did
Thanks for the video. I'll be doing mine this weekend. You were very helpful !
For sure! It's a pretty straight forward job. but one thing i might recommend, if you have a 4x4 with the vacuum system, swap the vacuum hubs for manual locking ones. It means if you ever need your 4wd system, you have to get out and lock your hubs, BUT you only have to be stranded once with a failed vacuum system to realize the value in that. These are the ones I use:
amzn.to/2G3DlC9
@@AICvideo Excellent. I bought the same ones, and was planning to install them as well. I appreciate the heads up.
awesome I wish I had done it sooner, I spent 4 hours digging myself out of sand on a sunday afternoon, when my 4wd failed me.
I have replaced the hubs in my '99 ranger and made the mistake of not greasing those small niddle bearings inside the back the hub and realized later that they will fall apart. You did a good job greasing the inside of any moving parts. Another thing, you forgot to mention the other larger O ring around the back of the hub. Those seem to be kind of difficult to find if not included with the new hub. I've been thinking about replacing the whole assembly including the cv shafts for the ones in the explorer to make them more efficient . Good video Thanks!
+Leo Cadena yeah, I was able to reuse my old ones, I couldn't find new ones.
What's the difference between the ranger and the explorer shafts?
The difference is that the years '98, '99 ford made this hub "vacuum activated" which made them not very effective and easy to fail but, the explorers never had this system so the tip of the axle shafts has a thread and nut and the hub is grabbing it constantly making them literarily "constant velocity" (cv shafts). In this case the 4x4 can still be activated with the switch in the control panel via the transfer case in the transmission.
+Leo Cadena ah, like my 89 Cherokee, it has a crappy vacuum system, to save gas. later years got rid of it because it didn't actually save gas and is constantly broken.
You might like the look.... but its putting much more pressure on your wheel bearing.... the tire is supposed to track in a certain location ... you can put outer wear or inner wear and pressure on bearings with a tire that is inside or outside from factory build spec.... you may damage or change handling characteristics as well....Doc.
I put MAYBE 1500 miles a year on this truck. I'm not too worried about the wheel bearings.
This is a freaking lifesaver! I thought a noise coming from my truck was the CV axle going out, but recently it started to grind bad and really begin to produce that whistle associated with a wheel bearing. My truck "Ruby" is a '99 XLT 4x4 with the same set up as yours. Thanks so much for the vid.
PS. the trick with the baling wire sounds fairly smart. wish me luck with the operation!
I recently did this again to replace something else, I ended up just using a couple of screw drivers, since I couldn't find my bailing wire. It was about as easy if you account for the time it takes to cut the pieces. just use the screw driver to lift up the tabs on a couple of the sections, pull on the plastic piece to hold them up, and work your way around. Took like maybe a minute or two for the first side, and 30 seconds for the other side.
So I just ordered some new hubs for my 98 4x4 ranger, and also thought I had 4 w ABS. You wouldn't have happened to get yours from 1aauto? I would like to used the hubs I got by clipping the wire as well, instead of exchanging them. The hubs been holding up? Thanks!
I bought mine off amazon, beyond that I don't remember exactly what brand they were. So far so good, BUT i didn't use the right kind of grease, get wheel bearing grease, Mine will probably need to be replaced again sooner than they should because I used the wrong lubricant.
From the point of taking the bearings off, what would be the procedure to remove the entire steering knuckle? Just a few more small bolts?
Honestly I did this job over two years ago, and I don't remember what it would take. I would say that it would not be that much more work to do, since all the hard stuff is done with this job for sure.
Nice video. I’m doing mine in am and was wondering how to remove the lockout without the specialty tool. Thanks for sharing
Glad to have helped!
Hubs should have 30 SAE oil, not grease, also, there should be a spring next to the retaining ring on end of shaft.
@@kirwankars8597 Ranger with PVH hubs have grease and spring.
Make sure you use high temp bearing grease.
I know they're the same truck, but this is a Mazda B4000.
It is, but they made a lot more rangers, so for people looking, I titled it as such.
ha i see you found the snap ring !! but amazingly you edited out!!! i have a strange feeling you DID NOT INSTALL THE SNAP RING!! prove me wrong thats the only hard part of the job lololol
I did, and about cried, took it all apart as did it again. Still have the truck and have had these off again since because my 4x4 wasn’t working. Ended up being the vacuum system. So switched to manual hubs.
@@AICvideo My ‘99 Ranger needs a new wheel bearing. Would you recommend I buy the manual locking hubs for it? The truck’s only going to get older and rustier and I want the four wheel drive system working as long as the truck continues to. Thanks for the video👍
Absolutely. I had the vacuum system fail on me one day when off roading and got stuck in sand, fortunately it was “only” a two mile walk to find somebody who could come tow me out... with manual hubs, never again.
These are the ones I bought:
amzn.to/3qNNWmK
@@AICvideo thanks for your quick reply and the Amazon link. One more question though, I would still buy the same wheel bearing hub assembly regardless of using the original vacuum operated or this manually operated device, correct?
Click bait title!!! You're replacing the hub assembly.. Not just the bearings.. Also, although most of it is all the same you claim ford ranger and you are clearly working on a mazda.. I won't be watching any more of your videos..
.... A mazda B series is a Ford ranger with a mazda badge. Literally every part is labeled with "foMoCo"
the bearing and hub are one unit. you cannot replace "just" the bearing. My title is accurate and my video is relevant.