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    Hub bearings

    Anyone have experience with removing the hub bearing from the spindel after it's removed from the car? The damn nut won't budge and I'm about to freak out on it...

    #2
    Big brake style? Use an impact gun or a breaker bar with a cheater pipe. The nut for those is on there pretty darn tight.
    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

    Originally posted by phayzer5
    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

    Everything looks like voodoo if you don't understand how it works

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      #3
      Ok when I reinstall it how tight does it need to be?

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        #4
        I think its 180 ft/lbs ? Don't have a newer manual here to refer to. Tight.
        86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
        5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

        Originally posted by phayzer5
        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

        Everything looks like voodoo if you don't understand how it works

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          #5
          Gadget is correct, very tight.

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            #6
            How do u remove the hub bearings after the nut is removed?

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              #7
              A press.

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                #8
                The hub assembly should just slide off, maybe with a light tap. You can press the bearings out of the hub once its off, but they're officially not rebuildable per the factory manuals, and you're supposed to just get a whole hub assembly. I've never pressed the hub apart but I'd bet its just a sealed bearing that could be replaced for not too much.
                86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                Originally posted by phayzer5
                I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

                Everything looks like voodoo if you don't understand how it works

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                  #9
                  Gadget is correct. Sorry I thought you were referring to getting the bearing out of the hub not off the spindle.

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                    #10
                    K so when I buy a new hub it comes with the bearing already pressed in the hub itself and then just slides on the spindel shaft?

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                      #11
                      yes, you buy the complete hub assembly with bearings. Just slide it on and put the nut back on.
                      86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                      5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                      91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                      1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                      Originally posted by phayzer5
                      I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

                      Everything looks like voodoo if you don't understand how it works

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