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Alright thanks for the advice... I will probably have someone else do it this time around at least, just to save me the headache. Do you have bearings that you have found to be good quality? In the past I've had good luck with timken or skf for various bearings, I suppose I'll have to see what the garage can get.

For sale, some items I removed as I repurpose the van: All items price is best offer. Cash, or trades for tools -- 1/2" breaker bar, 1-10nm 1/4" dr torque wrench, large sockets, hub puller, hand bearing press, to give you some ideas. all items located in Hadley, MA. My willingness to drive depends on the offer. Metal Shelving -- Includes mounting bolts and brackets. Also includes miscellania currently on shelves if desired. measures approx 46x12.5x37.5" (HxDxL) Bulkhead / Divider / partition. Includes bolts, was riveted to B pillars. Adrian Steel Grip Lock ladder rack. Does not include rails bolted to roof. Only rack, and all hardware to attach to rails. this model: http://www.adriansteel.com/item/cargo-vans/1245/61-TC

Sorry, but I'm not totally sure what you mean by airline style.. Here's a link to some photos of the divider and shelving that I removed: https://goo.gl/photos/uofUv3F2FNiC7ZbE8

Thanks for the response, I had considered having a machine shop do it (and could leave that as a last resort), but I'd prefer not to as I won't have a vehicle once my front end is in pieces. Also, if travelling I won't have as easy of a time locating machine shops as I do at home.

Just looking for some advice here.. I bought my 2010 TC a few weeks ago. I'm fairly certain that it needs 2 front wheel bearings. I get a loud noise in the cabin at 25+ mph, what sounded like a tire noise at first to me. Rotated the tires, still there. frequency is tied to wheel rotation. If i turn right, the left gets loud and vice versa. Assuming this is true (and from what I can tell it will be at least a few times over the life of the car), I'm looking into ways to replace it. Option 1 is to have someone do it -- dealerships look to be around 400-500 per wheel, local garages 300-400. Option 2 is to buy the bearings and do it myself by hand with some sort of hand bearing press, such as this one by ATD (http://atdtools.com/8625). I've read many threads that sometimes the amount of force required to remove stuck bearings is huge (20+ ton presses having a hard time), and it makes me think that maybe that wouldn't really end up being very reliable. Anyone have any experience doing this without the use of a hydraulic press? Option 3 looks like just buying a couple motorcraft wheel knuckles and installing those myself. It will be a little more complicated, but should only require tools that I already have. A pair of wheel knuckles comes to about $500-600 from rockauto. Mine are looking pretty rusty anyway, and then I could replace the tie rod ends as well. I think I would then need to align the wheels again? If its going to be something that needs to be done every 20-30k mi, it would make sense to me to be able to do it myself. That would only be possible without a hydraulic press though. Any thoughts or experience are greatly appreciated!

if someone would like to buy it, that would be great. I figured there would be more of these being removed than installed, though..

thanks for the fast reply, will do!

Hey there. just got my transit connect home. Starting on some basic cleaning up to get it ready for a camper conversion. The partition behind the front seats is bolted to the plastic moulding on the B pillar as well as the ceiling between the B pillars. It seems to be some sort of riveted/non removable hardware.. I haven't seen it before. Is it just something I have to drill out and then later try to remove the metal bits floating around in my car? Thanks!!

Thanks for the 2010 body guide! very helpful for modifying the interior!

I'd imagine you could accomplish something along the lines of what you're looking for by doing something like this: http://www.buildagreenrv.com/our-conversion/promaster-diy-camper-van-conversion-adding-windows/ CR Laurence offers a big variety of vehicle windows.