I tried your suggestion of using a pry bar to get the spindle aligned with the lock hub. No luck
I recorded 2 short videos of my testing & findings & just found out that we can't add them to posts, soI created links to the videos in my Dropbox. Take a look if you have a couple of mins to spare...
Apparently we can't add videos to out posts. I moved them to my Dropbox. Hopefully the links to my videos work properly.
#1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/captrag4o2zrefh/20210103_093312_s01_s01_1.mp4?dl=0
#2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gvggstfog8pgth/Video_20210103120312454_by_VideoShow_1.mp4?dl=0...
I tried to move the spindle by hand this morning and couldn't get it to move. If the spindle wasn't greased up and it was warmer out I could have gave it a better effort.
I'm uploading two video clips taking this morning showing the alignment issue and my attempts to get the lock hub back on...
I want to be sure I understand you correctly. You state, "If your axle joint spins with the hub out" ....with the hub removed from the axle, I could reach behind to the u joint & knuckle and move them to rotate the spindle around, hoping Id find a position where the spindle aligned properly. Am...
In order to rotate the spindle to a new position I had to reach behind and move it via the u joint. Question, should I be able to rotate the spindle freely -; by hand or with careful use of a tool like a channel lock (with the hub off of course)?
Let me double check though because I was...
I have a 2000 Ford F250 Super Duty that is up for sale. Over the past few months been fixing / updating things in preparation.
The other day during a test drive, a potential buyer asked me if I had the manual hubs locked out because he thought he cd feel it when getting on the highway. I told...