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The rotor/hub assembly can be turned; it's done by a lathe that's placed directly on the rotor while it is still mounted on the vehicle. It is called an On Car Brake Lathe.
If you do replace the entire rotor/hub, I suggest buying OEM parts from Ford. There is a major difference in quality over third party vendor parts sold at your local auto parts store; which warp or wear faster...the OEM part has better lasting sealed wheel bearings too
once you remove brake and hub assembly place on clean workbench with the lug bolts up, then with a center punch and hammer place punch on center of lug and knock it out would reccomend putting the lug nuts on lugstuds till they are flush in order to prevent damage to threads of studs.this will allow you to seperate rotor from hub.
Are you talking about the front rotors? The hub and rotor are one assembly and do not seperate on that truck. If you need to replace one part, the replacement part will have the hub and rotor together.
There are some special 4 tooth and hex sockets for removing the nuts inside the hubs of the truck. YOu can find these at NAPA or maybe AutoZone or Advance. I would go to NAPA because they more than likely have it and also know something about repairing this assembly. Ford uses Dana front end parts and NAPA has original Dana parts in stock... so it is as good as or better than original and they would have the tool for it. Be careful and follow the procedure exactly for putting the front hubs back together. YOU CAN RUIN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IF YOU DO NOT PERFORM THIS SERVICE CORRECTLY. And trust me... many of the idiots working in repair garages do not know how to do these older 4x4 hubs either... ask someone and read the books for the right procedure... some of the older mechanics may show you how to do it. Ask
Have you puchased the new rotor yet? If so, if the new rotor comes complete with the hub assembly than this must be changed also. Try lookin up the part at your local Autozone or a similar place and look at the part image, if it is a complete unit, you'll have to remove the spindle locking ring and nut in order two remove the rotor. If it is just the rotor, than take a large brass hamer and strike the rotor from behind in the space where the caliper was. Do this while rotating the rotor a quarter turn after each hit. It should pop off.
I'm not positive what type axle you have but the order of parts should be the anti lock free running hub assembly, a lock washer then the wheel bearing lock nut. The lock nut could look like a thick washer with 5 or 6 holes in it. But depending on your front axle you may have a rotor and hub assembly that's a single unit or they could be separate. If they are separate then you may need a sledge hammer to get the rotors off. Ford's front rotors can be a real pain in the a$$ to get loose. Regardless which type you have if the order of what you have taken off so far matches what I said then washer is probably the locking nut. The only way to get it off is a special spanner wrench or a punch and hammer. If you are still uncertain about it let me know and give the axle make and type and I'll be glad to help. Good luck If
hi out of curiosity? are wanting to renew thebrake disc/rotor ? or the actual hub that rotor fits to ? as not usually necessary to have to remove hub to change rotor ? unless the rotor is bolted to hub from the rear ?
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