Help! Did I Mess Something Up?
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Help! Did I Mess Something Up?
So here's a repost in the right forum.
I just replaced the ball joints in my '88 F250. It has the Dana 44 HD axle.
When I pulled the hub assemblies, obviously I had to remove the hub locknut. I threaded it off the spindle, and then left everything as it was in the hub assembly, and set it aside.
When I was ready to reassemble everything, I slid the whole shebang back over the spindle, snugged it up, and tightened the locknut back down.
But now, I'm reading that there's supposed to be an inner locknut too?
I only had to loosen the one locknut to remove the hub assembly, and put everything back together in exact reverse order. If there were two locknuts to loosen, then why would the hub cone off after loosening the outer one only?
I drove it after I had it all back together, and it felt normal. But if there's an inner locknut that I didn't know about and need to address, then I need to know so I can fix it before anything breaks.
I just replaced the ball joints in my '88 F250. It has the Dana 44 HD axle.
When I pulled the hub assemblies, obviously I had to remove the hub locknut. I threaded it off the spindle, and then left everything as it was in the hub assembly, and set it aside.
When I was ready to reassemble everything, I slid the whole shebang back over the spindle, snugged it up, and tightened the locknut back down.
But now, I'm reading that there's supposed to be an inner locknut too?
I only had to loosen the one locknut to remove the hub assembly, and put everything back together in exact reverse order. If there were two locknuts to loosen, then why would the hub cone off after loosening the outer one only?
I drove it after I had it all back together, and it felt normal. But if there's an inner locknut that I didn't know about and need to address, then I need to know so I can fix it before anything breaks.
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Did you read it on a or the forum or in a repair manual?. If on the forum I would get a repair manual either Hayes or chilton and double check. Did you repack the bearings?.if so you would have seen the second nut.
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I read it on a forum, "torque this nut to X ft-lb while the rotor is spinning then back it off this much then tighten it some more, then put the outer one on and tighten it to Y ft-lb."
I have the Haynes manual, but it's not terribly clear on the individual steps of the procedure.
I pulled the bearing out to look at it, but it was already pretty will greased so I didn't do anything to it. It was inside some kind of ring, but it just looked like a washer to me, I assumed to keep everything concentric around the spindle. I just put it back in the hub assembly how I found it, and left it alone. I didn't have to thread it off when I removed it, or on when I reinstalled the hub.
For that reason, I'm led to believe that there wasn't a nut I missed. However, I want to run it by those more knowledgeable for a more experienced opinion.
I have the Haynes manual, but it's not terribly clear on the individual steps of the procedure.
I pulled the bearing out to look at it, but it was already pretty will greased so I didn't do anything to it. It was inside some kind of ring, but it just looked like a washer to me, I assumed to keep everything concentric around the spindle. I just put it back in the hub assembly how I found it, and left it alone. I didn't have to thread it off when I removed it, or on when I reinstalled the hub.
For that reason, I'm led to believe that there wasn't a nut I missed. However, I want to run it by those more knowledgeable for a more experienced opinion.
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That's a relief, thank you.
Did it happen to provide torque specs? I've read everything from 50-250 ft-lb. I don't have a torque wrench, so I just did what I could with a big 1/2" ratchet and called it a day.
Did it happen to provide torque specs? I've read everything from 50-250 ft-lb. I don't have a torque wrench, so I just did what I could with a big 1/2" ratchet and called it a day.
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From: Rohnert Park Ca.
It says adjusting nut. If you follow the line out of the hub it start with cup then cone and roller then adjusting nut.
Last edited by jaagen; May 30, 2015 at 10:44 PM. Reason: mis spelled
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Thanks, Jaagen. That does make me feel better. I'll probably still stop by the driveling specialist on Monday to discuss with them, it's confusing that there would be such conflicting information out there.
However, I know the Chilton manuals are pretty much regarded as the best short of a manufacturer's service manual, so I can't imagine they would be wrong about something like that.
However, I know the Chilton manuals are pretty much regarded as the best short of a manufacturer's service manual, so I can't imagine they would be wrong about something like that.
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I know mine has 2 nut but that's because I have the dana 50 ttb. I just looked in my Haynes manual and your right there isn't a good description of it and definitely no photos for reference.