Matt,
Thanks for the reply; yeah I figured that out. My neighbor who was out of town is a mechanic and said basically the same thing. If anyone is interested I found a factory service manual for my 01 Max; it's in PDF. It shows step by step how took replace the front wheel bearing.. It's pretty good; I'm glad I found it.. I just ordered a tie rod end ball joint remover from JC Whitney; it's the type that won't tear the boot. I couldn't find it locally. As soon as that comes I should be able to take the spindle off. I'll just take the whole thing to a shop and have them press the old bearing out; if the hub is good I'll just have them press the new bearing in. I'm hoping I won't have to fork out $150 for a new hub too, but I will if I have to. I'm a little surprised to see the bearing go bad at 101K; although I've read in some other forums of front bearings going bad much sooner; some as soon as 30K...
Thanks again...
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Originally Posted by Matt93SE
the entire spindle has to be removed. the hub is pressed into the wheel bearing, which is pressed into the spindle as well.
so you have to pull the whole spindle and press the wheel hub out, then remove some retaining clips from the spindle (dig around in the grease and you'll see them), and finally you can press out the wheel bearing.
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