Hey everyone, I am new here so I'm sorry if I am posting this to the wrong place. A few months ago, the passenger side front wheel bearing went out in my truck. It seized up pretty good on the spindle and had to be cut off. Normally I do all the work myself, but my brother had the truck and took it to a friend of his to fix. It lasted all of a week and a half, and I had to do it all over again.

What happened is that they didn't put the grease seal on the back or the washer on the front, and they just threw out the dust shield (Almost an eighty dollar part to replace by the way). I went through and replaced the dust shield, back racer track, both bearings and put the seals on, but it still is making a grinding noise at speeds over forty or so, and it starts to shake.

I checked for wobble in the tire on and there isn't any. With the tire off, while spinning the hub, you can hear a slight grinding, also it doesn't spin freely for more than a full revolution before it stops.

When I first put it together today, I had a blonde moment and forgot to put in the rear seal. Without the rear seal in, everything worked fine without grinding and it spun freely.

I've tried using more than one set of bearings, made sure I had the back seal in properly, and torqued to specs, but nothing seems to work. I've also checked the spindle for wear or damage from when the bearing seized and didn't find any.

Does anyone have any other ideas I haven't tried? I just flat out can't think anymore.

 

if it is 2wd, perhaps you have things too tight? loosen things up a little. ive never gone by torque settings on front ends. usually feel it out.

not sure on anything 4wd so can't help you on that score if it is.

 

Welcome & a year and model will help in future posts. I second that ,sounds to tight to me,not suppose to torque them just barley snug and back it off enough to get the cotter pin in the nut,a bit of play in the bearing is OK.

 

Sorry, it's a 95 ford f-150. On your thoughts, I did loosen the nut back up thinking it was too tight. In fact, I loosened it all the way so the cotter pin barely fit and had the same result.
I found out last night that they removed the spindle from the truck to cut off the bearing, could it be something else that they didn't put together right? I will try to inspect it all today. Wish me luck.

 

Oh and by the way, it's 2WD

 

I'd tear it completely down and start over. What did they use to cut it? Could it be warped?

 

The only other thing I can suggest is to compare the assembly to the drivers side to see if something is amiss.

 

X2 ^- Hows the bearing races in the hub? could the spindle be swolen?

 

another thought that came to me, was perhaps the races are not sitting sqaure or are not setting in the proper position inside the hub. double check that as well once you have it apart.

also check your bearings for binding as even new parts are not always perfect.

 

Did the Bearing race turn on the hub?

 

Hey guys,

thanks for all the help you gave me. I've gone through all your suggestion and tried them all but nothing seems to change. My dad also suggested that maybe the hub got damaged when the bearing siezed, so I think it's time to take it to a professional because if it's the hub or spindle, I flat out don't want to mess with it.

Thanks again to you all.
Hadley