Rear Hub Assembly

[cootersEL]

I've done general work here and there to and on our 2008 Expedition El, but I just recently completed a Drive-Side Rear Hub assembly and wanted to share that those can really be seized on. I soaked and heated it several times over three days wailing on it with a slide hammer between each round. Finally I was able to break it free. The key was removing all the parking break stuff to get better radial whacks on the flange with a brass hammer while still soaking, heating and slide-hammering. 230K on this truck now, Michigan salt etc., but I must say that Hub Assembly has been the hardest task to complete on this Truck. Good to go now, destination 310K to beat my old 2002 F150 (made it to 305K). Happy Wrenching

 

[mjp2]

I wrestled with the same on my truck, rear passenger side. Rust had the axle stub stuck solid in the hub and no amount of beating, torching, or prying would get it to move even after soaking it for days with Liquid Wrench. In the end an impact on this tool did the trick:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/KD-Tools-5-Ton-Ratcheting-Puller/1000973524

At the time it was a Craftsman-branded product. Works great and handy to have in the toolbox.

I made sure to coat the stub shaft splines with bearing grease when re-assembling so future disassembly is cake.