1996 Ford F-150 passager wheel bearing

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1996 FORD F-150
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I have a 1996 F-150 4x4 iam trying to replace passenger side wheel bearing after removal of tire and brakes I unscrewed dust cover and removed at this time iam having trouble figuring out how to remove the cap which was under dust cover

Saturday, November 16th, 2013 AT 1:56 PM

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Raise and support front of vehicle. Remove wheels. Using T25 Torx bit, remove locking hub cap assembly screws. Remove cap assembly. Remove lock ring (seated in groove of wheel hub). Remove locking hub assembly from hub and brake rotor assembly. Remove caliper with brake line attached, and wire aside.
Remove snap ring. Noting position of thrust washers, remove 3 thrust washers and cam assembly from end of axle shaft (spindle). See Fig. 1. Remove wheel bearing retainer key. Using Spanner Lock Nut Wrench (T85T-1197-B), remove wheel bearing retainer nut.
Remove hub and brake rotor assembly. Outer bearing will slide off with hub. Remove grease seal and inner bearing. If bearings require replacement, remove races from hub with Internal Puller (T77F-1102-A) and attached slide hammer

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