Hi,
As it has been a few years since I last did this;-
Can anyone remind me how to take the hubs out of the front up-rights?
Does it mean new bearings?

I need to strip them for a wheel stud pattern/p.c.d change.
Thanks for any help.

Cheers

Martin

Theres a git big nut behind the cover on the back of the upright. Git tight it is too.

I clamped my (old rusty) disc in a vice and undid them that way.

New bearings are cheap enough so worth changing while your on.

I seem to remember that they are left/right handed !

Think the near side is the left

Best to replace the metal cover, nuts and bearings whilst you have it apart.

IIRC correctly the nuts are done up very tight as are the driveshaft/hub nuts on the rear carriers.

As above, the nuts are handed and they're torqued up nice and tight. They will undo though with a nice sturdy vice and a decent length breaker bar with an extension.

If buying new bearings, the one I got came with replacement nuts.

As Nick says the grease covers may get a bit bent/dented getting them off, new ones are available from Ford for about £2

Hope that helps
Nigel

Note
That on all models manufactured before late december 1982 both left and right hand hubs have a nuts with a right hand thread, but as from that date left hand thread assemblies were progressively to the right hand hub carrier. The modified right hand hub can be identified by a letter H stamped on it's outer face, or by the hub nut nylon insert colour, blue indicates a normal right hand thread and yellow indicates a left hand thread, but are not necessarily colour coded in the case of pattern bearing kits
Tony