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twodollarbill's avatar
May 06, 2015

Need advice with wheel bearing issue

Greetings everyone, I'm in need of a little advice. I have a new to me 2008 Starcraft. I've pulled all the wheels and hubs to take a look at the bearings and repack etc, everything looks good.

However, there is one spindle that measures slightly larger and out of spec compared to the other three for the outer bearing location. The outer bearing is an L44649 and the inside diameter measures 1.062". The spindle in question measures between 1.0625"-1.063". All other spindles measure 1.061"-1.0615".

I'm able to push the bearing on with the castle nut but it doesn't float like the rest. This seemingly hasn't been a problem thus far and I think I'll just need to sneak up on the preload and call it good. Wondering what insight others might offer?
  • Look what I found..http://www.johndee.com/discuss/messages/6/118012.html?1259182256
  • To the OP.
    How did you get the bearing in question off of the spindle for inspection?
  • The outer bearing came out with the hub. After backing the brakes off I noticed I still couldn't remove the hub by hand. Slight pressure from about a 12" pry bar slid the unit off.
  • Problem solved. Fifteen minutes with some 3M 'fine' emery paper and we were good to go. Just sneaked up on it until the bearing went on by hand. The fit is more snug than the other three wheels but no longer tight. I hope this thread will help someone in the future as this was quite a simple fix.

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