Mission accomplished!!! (Bearing service)

shadows4 wrote:

Dave H M wrote:
After all that theory, I bet you are going to be on edge for the upcoming trip. :h

I don't disagree with all the theory here, however I am assuming you wiped the races clean and made sure they looked good. If so i would go with the following advice:

I would monitor hub temps with a IR thermometer though.

It's not like the $15/axle bearing sets were run in at the factory to match the rollers to the races. They just get a cage out of one bin, a race out of another and wrap them up together.

I use my paws instead of the IR shooter.

If all feels god after the run in of 100 miles or however you want to use as a yard stick, you should be good to go.

Oh and don't forget to let us know that the trip went well, so all of us theory folks can immediately come back and say you were lucky.

Thanks Dave for bringing some sanity to this thread. I thought I did something right but I guess I only did it half right. I know that the races should really be replaced at the same time, I was just trying to save a couple of bucks. I will do as you advised and monitor the bearings.

I was happier that I found the cut wires and repaired them than the bearings.

Believe me, the next time I do a service on the bearings I will replace all with Timkens. Oh and I won't metion it here. Thanks for all the replies, John

Maybe I should have titled this thread "Mission half accomplised!!!

Was in the farm equipment business for 50 years. Seen more than my share of wheel bearings being replaced. Saw tons of perfectly good bearings thrown in the trash. Seen many bearing cones replaced without replacinging the cups. Believe me most of the time it's no big deal unless things were destroyed. There is always folks on the forum going to try to burst your bubble. Just don't come on and tell them what your pulling with, they will unmercifully bust your butt. LOL