Originally Posted by steve(ill)
biggest thing on reassembly is to watch the order of hub- bearing- knuckle. dont want to be pressing the rollers aginst the race with the 20 ton pres. push the OD race into the knuckel and the ID race onto the hub. dont load the bearing while pressing.
By looking at the design of the bearing, it didn't appear there was any way not to pre load the bearing slightly while pressing the hub back on to the assembly. That's why when I installed the hub, I took 4 solid round shims, the first being the same diameter as the outer race and then stacked up the remaining shims to support the nuckle while pressing the hub in. The inner race is a 2 piece design so if you tried to press on that you would definately load the bearing. Just my .02 on this. I'll find out how I did today when I install the nuckle back on to the truck and drive. No noise, success. Noise and it's off to the dealer to trade in the junk.