wheel bearings and ball joints

[Nightcrawler]

The metal ring goes round the seal on the shaft. Hmmm that didn't explain it very well. I'll try again. When you take the hub off & the wheel bearing out you can grab hold of the shaft. When you take the shaft out of the axle the metal ring holds the seal in so you need to hook it out before taking the shaft out. Then you have to put the ring back into the seal. I don't remember exactly as it was a while ago. I have to do the other side soon though.

[strokethis04]

did the drivers side ball joints on my dads truck today and what a pain in the a$$ that hub seal is to put on if you dont have the right tool i ended up wrecking one and then i decided to go to the dealership and got a tech the to put it on for me

[Nightcrawler]

I wish I could just go to the dealership & get parts. They don't know what an F350 is here at a Ford dealership. How did you get the guy at the garage to do that?

[strokethis04]

i asked if he could put the seal on the axel for me and next thing i know he had it done but he had the right seal driver do it only took a min so how do you get parts for your truck?