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Yes I am the second owner got the car at 100 000Km and it just recently passed the 200 000Km mark I use a Quaker State filter in it. i used to use Fram but I heard way too much bad stuff about it so I switched a couple of years ago.
Upon examining the filter constructions I feel Quaker being far superior to Fram
the bearing that failed was an original Ford Bearing and the car has 60k on it! 2005 ford focus
I did replace the drum/bearing asembly today. I also got a new bolt for the hub which cost me 25$ at the dealer total ripoff for a few grams of metal.
I torqued it down to 173ft-lbs and its good now. no more sound.
The issue I had was I was doing a brake job and upon re installing the hub the bearing started making noise. I did re use the old bearing nut and torqued down to 170ft-lbs apparently the bolt is good to one time or 4 times something like that.
Anyways I found this very helpful for those guys out there doing the brakes and messing around with the hub nut and all that there is an easier way to get to the brakes without taking the central bearing nut off
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/580/pic4zq.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/562/pic95.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6835/pic7b.jpg
check out these links the 4 bolts on the backing plate can be removed allowing the removal of the drum and hub together!
trust me saves time and money! if u mess up that bearing re tightening it or even the 25$ nut that you have to replace every time makes a lot of sense!
Wish I knew this before I undid that central nut!
the bearing that failed was an original Ford Bearing and the car has 60k on it! 2005 ford focus
I did replace the drum/bearing asembly today. I also got a new bolt for the hub which cost me 25$ at the dealer total ripoff for a few grams of metal.
I torqued it down to 173ft-lbs and its good now. no more sound.
The issue I had was I was doing a brake job and upon re installing the hub the bearing started making noise. I did re use the old bearing nut and torqued down to 170ft-lbs apparently the bolt is good to one time or 4 times something like that.
Anyways I found this very helpful for those guys out there doing the brakes and messing around with the hub nut and all that there is an easier way to get to the brakes without taking the central bearing nut off
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/580/pic4zq.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/562/pic95.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6835/pic7b.jpg
check out these links the 4 bolts on the backing plate can be removed allowing the removal of the drum and hub together!
trust me saves time and money! if u mess up that bearing re tightening it or even the 25$ nut that you have to replace every time makes a lot of sense!
Wish I knew this before I undid that central nut!
