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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RJ,
The 50#s is to load the bearing so the excess grease is forced out of the bearing when you rotate the hub. More than one bearing has ended up excessively loose when the grease is not forced out of the bearing during adjustment. Also, if a race is not seated in the hub 50#s of torque is not going to move the race unless the previous bearing had seized, spun the race in the hub and the new race is loose in the hub. If this occurred you are either repairing or replacing the hub.
The 50#s is to load the bearing so the excess grease is forced out of the bearing when you rotate the hub. More than one bearing has ended up excessively loose when the grease is not forced out of the bearing during adjustment. Also, if a race is not seated in the hub 50#s of torque is not going to move the race unless the previous bearing had seized, spun the race in the hub and the new race is loose in the hub. If this occurred you are either repairing or replacing the hub.
