I haven't taken the the wheel and hub off yet to take a look. I think I did something pretty stupid. After staring at a few pics of the hub on another website, I have a sneaking feeling that I put the inner bearing back on backwards!! I'll know tomorrow night when I take it all apart. Geez I'm a...

Did you replace the ring gear. If you had it done how much did it cost you? How did you lose the teeth on the ring gear, were you riding it hard offroad?

Do you think that would make the wheel very warm to the touch?

Yes that a good point. I kinda thought it was more of a bath type thing. I wonder what the thumping noise is when cruising or decelerating. That sound was never there before I did this repair. I can actually feel the thump resonating under my feet on the floor of the truck.

Yes I'm not going to drive till I ck it tomorrow. If that's the case I really made a stupid mistake. So you agree also that the bearings don't need to be packed with grease?

I'm just assuming it has some oil in it. Truck has 45000 miles on it. Only a small amount of diff oil came out when changing the seal. I will ck the oil level first thing tomorrow.Do you know if the bearings on that year of truck need to be packed with grease?

The last time my 2005 f250 was in for an e brake adjustment, the tech noted that I had a rear wheel seal leaking. I decided to replace it myself. After finishing the job I took the truck on the highway. Now I have squealing noise from that wheel and an intermittent thumping type sound. The wheel...