[Shotimes] Loose front wheel bearings?

[mhelpinstill]

  Yes, I put 200 ft lbs on the nut.  One thing I did notice was that the
half shaft spline slid into the hub easily while the other side of the car
was a very tight fit requiring the nut to pull it tight.  Fully seated
either way, so it should not affect the slop I am encountering.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Dahm
To: mhelpinstill
Sent: 5/19/03 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Loose front wheel bearings?

Have you torqued the hub nut on the half shaft to spec?
The bearing will be loose until you do this.

Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "mhelpinstill" <mhelpinstill@ampro.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Loose front wheel bearings?


> The tech doing my last alignment told me I needed new front wheel
bearings
> because there was play in them - I could move the wheel about 1/16" by
> grabbing the top and bottom and rocking.  You could see the hub moving
> relative to the knuckle, so it seemed that the tech was right about
the
> bearings (it does have 130,000 miles).  So, I bought the parts and
spent
all
> day Saturday replacing the original bearings.  While I was in there, I
> replaced the halfshafts as well.  I used the same bearings as the
original -
> Timken.  When all was done, I checked to make sure the bearings were
tight,
> and the right one was tight and the other was not.  After throwing a
temper
> tantrum I settled down and decided to replace the wheel bearing again
> thinking it was a bad bearing or bad install.  Extra careful the
second
> time, and now the left front wheel is just as loose as it was when I
> started.  I am realy at a loss on where I went wrong (if at all) and
today
I
> feel like just pushing the SHO off a cliff. If anyone can provide some
> insight on what is wrong I would really apreciate it.
>
> BTW:  Hardly used OTC Hub Tamer for sale - used once!
>
> Mark
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