Wheel bearing hot spots/blue discoloration
While repacking the wheel bearings on our FW I noticed a discolored portion on the inner race of a couple of the inner bearings...there is a corresponding discoloration of the axle spindle where the b...
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Thanks for the replies…
I can’t post pics here as I don’t have a photo hosting site to copy a url from…
Looking at the Dexter site… it could be I had too much axial play as I backed off on the nut more than they recommend… (I’ll assume my Lipert axles are adjusted the same way)
I don’t think the bearing was spinning as the Localized heat and discoloration transferred through the race to the spindle (it’s on the bottom of the spindle only… and the race and spindle is only blue in one rather small spot… )
I can’t post pics here as I don’t have a photo hosting site to copy a url from…
Looking at the Dexter site… it could be I had too much axial play as I backed off on the nut more than they recommend… (I’ll assume my Lipert axles are adjusted the same way)
I don’t think the bearing was spinning as the Localized heat and discoloration transferred through the race to the spindle (it’s on the bottom of the spindle only… and the race and spindle is only blue in one rather small spot… )
