Rear wheel hub
1 – hub, 2 – gasket, 3 – nut
1. Remove the rear wheel cover and loosen the wheel nuts.
2. Loosen the hub nut at the end of the axle shaft.
3. Raise and secure the rear of the vehicle and remove the appropriate wheel.
4. Remove the brake drum (see subsection 10.3).
5. Unscrew the hub nut at the end of the axle shaft.
6. Using a puller with external jaws, remove the wheel hub.
7. Remove the plastic casing of the outer drive joint of the axle shaft from inside the supporting brake shield after lifting the clamping rings on the bolt heads with a screwdriver and unscrewing the casing mounting bolts.
8. Unscrew and remove the four bolts securing the wheel hub bearing housing to the suspension arm and remove the rear wheel hub bearing housing.
9. Loosely screw in the two mounting bolts (diagonally) of the hub bearing housing after removing it to hold the supporting brake shield and preserve the rear brake hose.
10. Remove the two sealing rings and the tapered bearings (outer and inner) from the wheel hub bearing housing.
11. Knock out the outer bearing rings with a bronze rod.
12. Clean the inner surface of the wheel hub bearing housing.
13. Install the outer bearing rings into the housing using tool 14.019.
14. Lubricate the space between the bearings with grease and insert the tapered bearings into the housing.
15. Insert the sealing rings into the housing using tool 14.019.
16. Remove the two bolts holding the brake shield and insert the wheel hub bearing housing into the brake shield.
17. Screw in the bearing housing mounting bolts to the suspension arm and tighten them to the appropriate torque.
18. Install the plastic cover of the outer drive joint of the axle shaft.
19. Insert the hub flange onto the axle shaft, place the gasket on the axle shaft and screw on the new nut without fully tightening.
20. Install the brake drum.
21. Put on the wheel, tighten the wheel nuts and lower the car.
22. Tighten the wheel hub nut at the end of the axle shaft to the appropriate torque and secure it by punching the cylindrical part of the nut into the thread groove with a steel punch.
23. Tighten the wheel mounting nuts to the appropriate torque.
(The text of the article was copied from the website FordBook)