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> Help with rear wheel bearing, New wheel bearing has wobble
thinlie
post May 14 2005, 12:05 PM
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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.

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post May 14 2005, 12:19 PM
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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
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post May 14 2005, 02:55 PM
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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.

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post May 14 2005, 03:18 PM
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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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post May 14 2005, 03:18 PM
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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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post May 14 2005, 08:53 PM
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Get the stub axle in there and then tighten everything up. You should be fine.
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post May 14 2005, 10:23 PM
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yep. i was worried too... 230 ft lbs or so and MINIMAL play
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