I have a 2006 Grand Marquis. My driver side front hub started making noise so I went to replace it with a Motorcraft NHUB63 I bought on RockAuto.
The original hub was very tight inside the steering knuckle but I got it out.
The new one went in easily and didn't fit tight inside the knuckle at all. The knuckle opening seems too big to accept the hub with a tight fit. There was way more play that I was comfortable with.
Turns out the original hub had a spacer / sleeve that fit over the part of the hub that inserts into the knuckle to make it fit tight.
I had to jimmy the spacer off the old hub and put it onto the new one, and it fits nice and tight like the old one.
I can't find this sleeve anywhere though and there doesn't appear to be a part number for it. What do mechanics typically do? Do they move the sleeve from the old hub to the new one, or just install the new hub without it and rely on the 4 bolts to hold it tight?
The original hub was very tight inside the steering knuckle but I got it out.
The new one went in easily and didn't fit tight inside the knuckle at all. The knuckle opening seems too big to accept the hub with a tight fit. There was way more play that I was comfortable with.
Turns out the original hub had a spacer / sleeve that fit over the part of the hub that inserts into the knuckle to make it fit tight.
I had to jimmy the spacer off the old hub and put it onto the new one, and it fits nice and tight like the old one.
I can't find this sleeve anywhere though and there doesn't appear to be a part number for it. What do mechanics typically do? Do they move the sleeve from the old hub to the new one, or just install the new hub without it and rely on the 4 bolts to hold it tight?
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