the truck in question is my recently purchased 01 F250 7.3 2wd. 313,000 miles. runs like a champ. 15 mpg towing a 4500lb jeep behind a $3300 truck has been really nice.
I know my way around 4wd front ends, not so much 2wd and there seems to be a lot less information floating around.
when I bought the truck, the front tires had some strange wear. tons of tread on the outside, bald in the inside. right front has some feathering in the center. steering is a bit sloppy and it feels like a tire is out of balance at 75mph. no noises at all.
so I was at work getting ready to go home and for whatever reason I pushed on the 12 oclock position on the left front tire and felt a pretty obvious pop. pulled on it and it popped again. put it on a jack and it moves all over the place. put eyes on the knuckle and moved it and I can see the balljoints are not the cause, thankfully because it got new balljoints 9,000 miles ago.
I have built a few non unit bearing 60's so I am assuming this will be pretty familiar, I just dont have the truck with me to start tearing into things. left it at work and drove the jeep instead.
the 2wd is non unit bearing, correct? I can just go buy seals, bearings, and races at Napa right? anybody have any supporting information like parts breakdowns? google image search is failing me.
thanks folks!
I know my way around 4wd front ends, not so much 2wd and there seems to be a lot less information floating around.
when I bought the truck, the front tires had some strange wear. tons of tread on the outside, bald in the inside. right front has some feathering in the center. steering is a bit sloppy and it feels like a tire is out of balance at 75mph. no noises at all.
so I was at work getting ready to go home and for whatever reason I pushed on the 12 oclock position on the left front tire and felt a pretty obvious pop. pulled on it and it popped again. put it on a jack and it moves all over the place. put eyes on the knuckle and moved it and I can see the balljoints are not the cause, thankfully because it got new balljoints 9,000 miles ago.
I have built a few non unit bearing 60's so I am assuming this will be pretty familiar, I just dont have the truck with me to start tearing into things. left it at work and drove the jeep instead.
the 2wd is non unit bearing, correct? I can just go buy seals, bearings, and races at Napa right? anybody have any supporting information like parts breakdowns? google image search is failing me.
thanks folks!
