I was installing new wheel bearings/hub assemblies tonight and the first side went smoothly. The bearing required a bit of force to work onto the spindle, but it pressed on nicely and the inner race did not move. The second was a little too easy when I took off the existing bearing. When I went to press the new hub on by hand, it just slid onto the spindle with little effort. The bearing spins relatively easily and the inner race spins with the whole bearing. Does the inner race load when the nut is tightened? If not, what are my options? Do I need to buy another strut assembly (I hope not)? Thanks for the help.
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Yes, it ought to clamp down very tightly. The outer nut squeezes the outer race against
the inner, and then against the spindle.
How does the spindle look? If it's not galled or discolored, I'd run it.
I've only taken 4 or 6 of those apart, but I remember that 2 had to have the inner
race cut off, and on 2 others, it just slid off like a normal RWD car would- no interference at all.
So yes, your mileage may vary.
hth
tnow, sometimes I just mess with people. It's more entertaining that way. george graves
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Awesome thanks for the confirmation guys. I'll go ahead and run the bearing/hub as is. The spindle looks fine and does not look galled or discolored. I'll just tighten down the nut the same as on the other side with a long breaker.
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