3,500 pound Dexter axle bearing pre-load?
I'm putting a new drum-brake system on a single-axle cargo trailer. It has a torsion suspension. I have the components ready to go and one of the old, non-brake assemblies removed. It occurred to me, ...
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Sweet. Thanks for all the replies. I knew it was something like set the bearings at X amount of torque, back off, hand tight, stand on your head if it's a full Moon on a Tuesday then back off a little. Putting the first brake assembly, new bearings packed with Mobile 1 grease (on Dexter's list of approved greases), onto the axle in about a minute.
This is what I've found on Dexter's site:
50 Ft/lbs while rotating the hub, back off, then finger tight. Back off to engage the cotter pin or, in my case, not a cotter pin but a "retainer" (it slips over the nut with a machined flat spot that the axle holds). It's not "pre-load", as mentioned above. It's actually "end play". Just a touch.
Directions here, page 56:
http://www.dexteraxle.com/i/u/6149609/f/600-8K_Service_Manual/Hubs_Drums_and_Bearings.pdf
This is what I've found on Dexter's site:
50 Ft/lbs while rotating the hub, back off, then finger tight. Back off to engage the cotter pin or, in my case, not a cotter pin but a "retainer" (it slips over the nut with a machined flat spot that the axle holds). It's not "pre-load", as mentioned above. It's actually "end play". Just a touch.
Directions here, page 56:
http://www.dexteraxle.com/i/u/6149609/f/600-8K_Service_Manual/Hubs_Drums_and_Bearings.pdf
