Wheel bearings
When you are checking your wheel bearings what are you looking for specifically on the bearings to see if they need to be replaced or just repacked and how often do they usually need to be replaced if...
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Too much preload is a cause for early failure on wheel bearings, nearly all the greased wheel bearings call for 0.00"-0.02" of end play.
I torque mine to 50ft/lbs and then back off 90, and the back up to where the torque starts to increase and then move as little as necessary to get the castle nut or pin to align.
My truck uses an outer sprinkle nut as well and that adds preload too.
As far as my TT it has about 7K miles on it and I so far have just been adding grease. I plan to inspect the bearings here soon.
I torque mine to 50ft/lbs and then back off 90, and the back up to where the torque starts to increase and then move as little as necessary to get the castle nut or pin to align.
My truck uses an outer sprinkle nut as well and that adds preload too.
As far as my TT it has about 7K miles on it and I so far have just been adding grease. I plan to inspect the bearings here soon.
