redneck15431
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So Thursday night I'm on my way home from the gym in my 94, just pulled onto the highway going about 60 mph, and all of the sudden I hear growling and the truck starts pulling to the right really hard. So I pull off the side of the road and as I did, the wheel locked up. I knew right away it was a wheel bearing. Got towed home, had to borrow my brothers truck to get to work and back on Friday, and Saturday I had planned on working on my truck, as well as me and my brother getting a few loads of coal for my house and his. I have been kicking around the thought of getting a new truck for some time now, so Friday night me and my older brother browsed online for used Rangers.
Right away, I spotted a 2004 FX4, automatic, Sonic Blue Metallic with 60k miles. Absolutely beautiful truck. We checked out many others but I decided that was the one I wanted to go look at. So in between our coal runs we stopped by the dealership, and I checked it out. The truck looked like brand new so I bought it. Runs great, lots of power, and smooth. So far I love it.
Anyways as for my 94, I tore it apart after I got home yesterday to assess the damages, and the inner wheel bearing was completely destroyed and it had fused itself to the spindle. So I called around for a spindle and nobody sells them. So I have to go to the local boneyard or used parts store tomorrow and find one. The old girl has 230k miles on her now and it's time for her to start living an easier life. It's just going to be my work truck for hauling things, going to friends houses to work on vehicles when I'm all greasy..don't want grease in my new truck, it'll be my parts runner when I'm all greasy, and use it for other dirty jobs. I'm going to drive it back and forth to work when I know I'm going to get dirty.
I have no idea what caused the wheel bearing to go..I repack them frequently and make sure they are always torqued correctly.
So yep..I'm now the proud owner of two rangers Looks like I'm here to stay for a while
Right away, I spotted a 2004 FX4, automatic, Sonic Blue Metallic with 60k miles. Absolutely beautiful truck. We checked out many others but I decided that was the one I wanted to go look at. So in between our coal runs we stopped by the dealership, and I checked it out. The truck looked like brand new so I bought it. Runs great, lots of power, and smooth. So far I love it.
Anyways as for my 94, I tore it apart after I got home yesterday to assess the damages, and the inner wheel bearing was completely destroyed and it had fused itself to the spindle. So I called around for a spindle and nobody sells them. So I have to go to the local boneyard or used parts store tomorrow and find one. The old girl has 230k miles on her now and it's time for her to start living an easier life. It's just going to be my work truck for hauling things, going to friends houses to work on vehicles when I'm all greasy..don't want grease in my new truck, it'll be my parts runner when I'm all greasy, and use it for other dirty jobs. I'm going to drive it back and forth to work when I know I'm going to get dirty.
I have no idea what caused the wheel bearing to go..I repack them frequently and make sure they are always torqued correctly.
So yep..I'm now the proud owner of two rangers Looks like I'm here to stay for a while