4x4 Clunks & binding?
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the knuckle can stay, be careful when sliding the axle shafts in or out, that you don't wreck the inner seal. It's also VERY important for the life of the wheel bearings to take your time and get them torqued properly. The two large nuts and the spacer between them is a PIA but with some patients you can get it just right. Look for an exploded view, there are dust/debris seals and plastic spacers that go just on the inner side of the inner wheel bearing, without these installed properly (if they are indeed still there) crud and crap can get in the back of the hub and shorten your bearing life.
One other thing to keep in mind is that the spindle bolt patterns are not equal, they have to be clocked a certain way. It's kind of self explanatory once you get to it.
One other thing to keep in mind is that the spindle bolt patterns are not equal, they have to be clocked a certain way. It's kind of self explanatory once you get to it.
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So I was talking to my dad tonight and he said when he's done U-Joints he doesn't unbolt anything, just pops the caps off.
Does his logic apply to the axle shafts? I realize that theres a way to do things so that you don't have to take much else apart, like say just dropping the pan to put a new crank in but that makes all the other aspects of the work to be done hard. Can I just pop off the caps or is removing the wheel / hub / spindle and then sliding out the axle shaft the "easy" way to do this?
Does his logic apply to the axle shafts? I realize that theres a way to do things so that you don't have to take much else apart, like say just dropping the pan to put a new crank in but that makes all the other aspects of the work to be done hard. Can I just pop off the caps or is removing the wheel / hub / spindle and then sliding out the axle shaft the "easy" way to do this?
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