Hubs

["Ken Hitchcox" <kenlipo@domain.elided>]

Damon,

I just did this a few weekend back.  Your process is good. I had the 
inner bearing on one side stay on the spindle. Had to coax it off. 
With a pry bar. New bearings and seals. 

Didn't get as far as the u joints as I was out of time. I don't know 
the true specs for torque. This is what I did as far as tightening 
things down:

Big socket and tighten down to about 40-50 lbs. back off slightly. 
Check for no binding/no play. I have the round nut with set screws. 
Put it on, tighten down. A little tighter with punch. Set the set 
screws. Check again for play/binding. None? Done! 

I'll be checking this in a few weeks to make sure nothing got loose. I 
replaced a bad bearing, but the wheel bearings were very loose and the 
axle nut and jam nut were both loose. Contributing factor? Or cause? 
Don't know. 

Ken

_______________________________________________________________
Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com