Confused about bearings
When you pack the bearing and put them in the races do you need to add more grease in there before putting the seal on or is that just a waste. Also I have heard when you put the castle nut on you tig...
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MFL wrote:
Larry, what Ron missed, was after tightening to 50 ft lbs, you need to loosen the nut, then finger tight, then back to first open pin slot.
I'm sure Ron knows this,
Jerry
I don't see it that way since he said to follow the procedure laid out by Dexter and that the directions were available on the web. and I didn't view his post as trying to be 100% correct since he had qualifiers like "something like that" in his post.
In any event the main thing I was objecting to was the pre loading step that is in fact specified by Dexter who is a MAJOR manufacturer of trailer wheel assemblies and axles.
Larry
