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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a front hub on this 2005 Ford F150.
We show you on the passenger side but the driver's side is the same procedure.
The items you'll need for this are a new front hub from 1AAuto.com, a 13mm, 18mm, and 21mm
socket and ratchet with a piece of pipe for leverage, flat blade screwdriver, a pair of
pliers, a jack and jack stands and a torque wrench.
Pry off the hubcap, and then, using your 21mm socket and ratchet, loosen up each of the
lug nuts.
Pull off this cap with a pair of pliers and then loosen up this 13mm nut.
Now raise the vehicle and remove the lug nuts the rest of the way.
Remove your wheel.
Turn the wheel so you can access the brakes better.
To make it easier to get the caliper off, just take a large screwdriver and put it into
the brake disk and pry out.
You don't have to move it far, just enough to help you get things apart.
Then we are going to remove the two 13mm bolts here and one up here.
Push in the slides on the bracket and then pull the caliper up and off.
Now pry out your brake pads and now remove these two 18mm bolts on the
back of your caliper bracket, and we'll just fast-forward as Mike removes those.
Put one of the lug nuts back on and then tap your rotor.
Then remove the lug nut and pull your rotor free.
The ABS harness connector is under the hood but actually it's easier to reach it from
underneath.
You can see I'm reaching up through the inner fender and pressing on the tab and pulling
it apart.
It does take a little bit of force but you can get it.
If everything here is wire-tied, make sure you disconnect that, and then just pull this
clip out at the top of this harness.
Then you want to remove these four 18mm bolts.
Two on that side and two over here.
We'll fast-forward as Mike removes both of those, and you can see he uses a piece of
pipe for some extra leverage.
Now remove that 13mm nut the rest of the way, and you want to make sure that it can push
in and out.
That means your axle is going to disconnect from the hub.
Now twist in one of those 18mm bolts just a partial way so this doesn't go flying when
you hammer it.
You just want to hammer it to loosen it up a bit more from the wheel knuckle, then remove
that bolt, and your hub should pull free.
On the right is the old hub; on the left is the new one from 1A Auto.
You can see they are identical and they'll fit exactly the same.
Here is a front shot.
You can see same thing, they look identical.
Just wipe any dirt off of there or anything.
Grease up the set of bearings that's right inside here with some bearing grease.
Then just apply a light coat to the engaging wheel for the 4-wheel drive here.
That harness lead faces the back.
Get it in place.
We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces the rest of those bolts and then tightens all of them
up.
You want to torque each of those four bolts to 95 foot-pounds.
Now replace that 13mm nut, tighten it up, and then just torque that to 20 foot-pounds.
Take your ABS wire and unclip it.
Then you want to just push this into that bracket right there.
Replace this small cap.
Put the rotor into place, and then replace a lug nut to just hold it in place while you
put the caliper bracket back on.
You put the brake caliper bracket back into place and replace the two 18mm bolts that
hold it there.
We'll fast-forward as he tightens those up.
Then you want to torque both of those to 95 foot-pounds.
Put your caliper back into place.
Then replace those two 13mm bolts and tighten them up.
Now torque both of these to 25 foot-pounds.
Reconnect this clip on the ABS harness.
Just work your way down the harness, re-clipping the end to each of those clips.
Remove the lug nut and then put your wheel back into place.
Then replace each of the lug nuts and tighten them up preliminarily.
Then lower the vehicle and tighten them the rest of the way.
Torque each of the lug nuts to 110 foot-pounds in a crossing pattern.
Replace your hubcap.
Come up here and reconnect your ABS harness.
After doing any work on the brakes, you just want to pump the brake pedal until it firms
up.
Then do a stopping test from 5 miles per hour, then 10 miles per hour.
We hope this video helps you out.
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