Question about unit bearing

pipeline

pipeline

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I have an 01 F350 4x4. I had a local shop install ball joints and the right front unit bearing. Well was driving it yesterday and noticed that the steering wheel started shaking. I've only drivin the truck around 50 miles since picking it up from the shop. I called the shop and they came to look at it (roughly an hour after I parked it) and said that the unit bearing was bad. This is the same one that they replaced. And since I brought them the part I drove the truck home and was going to replace it myself so that I wouildn't have to pay them labor all over again.
So I drive it home (about 10 miles ) and it starts the shaking again a couple miles from my house. As soon as I park it a grab a floor jack and jack up the right front wheel. I then try to spin the wheel. It doesn't want to spin. So I call the place I got the bearing from and they have one in stock.
So today I remove the unit bearing and see something that doesn't look right. Once I removed the hub I saw that the backside of it was rubbing on the axle shaft. So I look at the old Unit bearing and it looked ok. So why is the new unit bearing rubbing the axle shaft? This is the first time that I have messed with one of these.
I took a few pics. to show what I found.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/egulls2/20110212114708-1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/egulls2/20110212114716.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/egulls2/20110212114649.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/egulls2/20110212114638.jpg
 
Looks like they didn't re install the inner shaft seal correctly & was rubbing the unit bearing. I've done ball joints on both sides on my 00' 4X4 PSD. That seal can be tricky. I'd be on the phone to the owner of the shop you used. That looks like a workmanship issue.
 
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