I just went to a shop trying to get a 4-wheel alignment. They told me that they can't do it because my left front wheel bearing is going bad. Even though I just replaced it two months ago, I'm not really surprised because when I first looked at the wheel bearing, it didn't seem to be in the best shape; and I got the steering knuckle from a junkyard.
What makes me wonder is, how do you tell if the wheel bearing AND the hub are both bad? They didn't take anything off the car to look at it. All they did was spinning the wheel when the car is in neutral. I know that you can tell if the wheel bearing is bad by spinning the wheel, but how do you tell that the hub is bad also?
Another question, I just went to fordpartsonline.com, and they list the spindle assy and front hub assy differently. I always thought they're the same thing (ie. all means the steering knuckle). How wrong am I on this one?
