Bronco Full Size L6-300 4.9L (1987)
Wheel Bearing: Service and Repair
The recommended wheel bearing lubricant is lithium-base grease. Sodium-base grease is not compatible with lithium-base grease and should not be
intermixed. Usage of incompatible bearing lubricant may result in premature lubricant breakdown.
DISASSEMBLY
1. Raise the vehicle and install safety stands.
Lock Ring And Adjusting Nut Removal
2. Remove the locking hubs.
3. Remove the wheel lug nuts and the wheel and tire from the hub and rotor assembly.
4. For vehicles equipped with Dana model 44 with manual hub locks, remove the adjusting nut with spanner locknut wrench. Apply inward pressure
on the locknut wrench to disengage the adjusting nut locking splines and turn the nut counter-clockwise to loosen and remove the nut from the
spindle.
For vehicles equipped Dana model 44 with automatic hub locks, Dana model 50 and model 60 front drive axles, remove the outer locknut,
lockwasher and inner locknut with spanner locknut wrench.
5. Remove the brake caliper and secure it to the frame to prevent damage to the brake hose. To prevent damage to the hose or the caliper, do not let
the caliper hang only by the brake hose. See: Brakes and Traction Control/Disc Brake System/Brake Caliper/Service and Repair
Hub, Disc And Outer Bearing Removal
6. Remove the hub and disc assembly. The outer wheel bearing cone and roller assembly will slide out as the hub is removed.
7. Remove the spindle retaining nuts, then carefully remove the spindle from the knuckle studs and axle shaft.
8. Clean all old grease from the needle bearings and the spindle bore seal.
