My first RV wheel bearing replacement
Hi all, newbie RV owner here. I've been around Toy Haulers for a while and owned a small one about 12 years ago. But recently I've got back in the game and purchased a 2005 30' Sandpiper toy hauler. T...
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Bear Ghost wrote:
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The only concern I have is after torquing and setting the bearing and backing the castle nut off to finger tight, the cotter pin hole is blocked. Dexter Axle's "official" wheel bearing maintenance video says to loosen it up to the next available cotter pin hole. After doing so and installing the tire, I noticed there is a very slight wobble when rocking the tire top/bottom, indicating the castle nut is too loose. I know that you don't want too much torque on the bearing and castle nut, but the wobble concerns me. Is this the correct procedure?
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This what the "book" says to do and what I've always done.
So far so good.
