BigDawgV8
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| posted on 3/9/08 at 08:00 PM |
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Dismantling Sierra Front Hubs
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
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coozer
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| posted on 3/9/08 at 08:13 PM |
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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.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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phil m
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| posted on 4/9/08 at 08:00 AM |
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I seem to remember that they are left/right handed !
Think the near side is the left
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nick205
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| posted on 4/9/08 at 08:11 AM |
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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.
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 4/9/08 at 08:52 AM |
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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
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 4/9/08 at 07:15 PM |
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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
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