Help with rear wheel bearing, New wheel bearing has wobble |
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Help with rear wheel bearing, New wheel bearing has wobble |
thinlie |
May 14 2005, 12:05 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-May 03 From: Fairfield, CA Member No.: 704 |
Doing the rear 5 lug conversion. Everything came off without a hitch. Old bearing was a little tight in there, but came off with a little persuasion. Fitted the new bearing in and the hub no problem. The problem now is the hub has a little wobble in it. The bearing is in there nice and tight but the wobble is coming from the bearing itself. Its an SKF rear wheel bearing with a split race. Did a search here and pilican, one said to torque the bearing and hub. Is this true? And if so, to how much. Appreciate any comments. Thanks.
Mark |
jim912928 |
May 14 2005, 12:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,486 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Ok..per the factory manual there are probably these two areas to torq properly:
1. castle nut on stub axle (pulls everything tight).... 217-253 ft/lbs (they only give the range) 2. bearing cover on control arm............18 ft/lbs also...fyi...the wheel nuts on a 914/6 speck are to 94 ft/lbs for the rear Hope this helps...Jim |
thinlie |
May 14 2005, 02:55 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-May 03 From: Fairfield, CA Member No.: 704 |
Am I to assume that the hubs in there now without the axles installed will always have that wobble up until the axles are installed and torqued to 215+ lbs.
Mark |
xsboost90 |
May 14 2005, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,393 Joined: 2-August 04 From: cincinnati Member No.: 2,432 |
you didnt pop the inner race apart at any time did you? If not, yeah they are a tad loose until you tighten up the stub axel. Mine were, just dont set the car on the wheels until those axels are tight.
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ChrisFoley |
May 14 2005, 03:18 PM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,962 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None |
Yes. Until you tighten the stub axle there is nothing to hold the two inner bearing races together. Once they are held firmly the play in the bearing will be minimal.
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Eric_Shea |
May 14 2005, 08:53 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,289 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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Get the stub axle in there and then tighten everything up. You should be fine. |
Aaron Cox |
May 14 2005, 10:23 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
yep. i was worried too... 230 ft lbs or so and MINIMAL play
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