Wheel bearing adjustment
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Wheel bearing adjustment
(70 F250 2wd)
Ok, yesterday I jacked up the left front wheel becasue I wanted to check the wear of the king pins. When I pushed and pulled on the wheel, it was obvious that something was a little loose. I pulled the wheel bearing cap off and could see that the wheel bearing had a little play. So, I followed the direction in the Chilton book which said to remove the cotter pin and the retainer cap that goes over the nut. Then torque the nut to 50 lbs and rotate the wheel a few times. Then loosen and torque to 30-40 lbs then back the nut off 1/4 turn. All this I did and the wheel is much better. Apparently there was no play in the king pin anyway.. Does all this sound about right?
Thanks!
Ok, yesterday I jacked up the left front wheel becasue I wanted to check the wear of the king pins. When I pushed and pulled on the wheel, it was obvious that something was a little loose. I pulled the wheel bearing cap off and could see that the wheel bearing had a little play. So, I followed the direction in the Chilton book which said to remove the cotter pin and the retainer cap that goes over the nut. Then torque the nut to 50 lbs and rotate the wheel a few times. Then loosen and torque to 30-40 lbs then back the nut off 1/4 turn. All this I did and the wheel is much better. Apparently there was no play in the king pin anyway.. Does all this sound about right?
Thanks!
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Joined: Jul 2001
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From: Marble Falls, Texas
Wheel bearing adjustment
Ditto, If that wheel was loose due to the bearings not being tight, I would definately take it all the way down to the spindle for a clean, and inspect.
RubberDuck
RubberDuck
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From: Albuquerque
Wheel bearing adjustment
I've got the entire front suspension torn out of mine for a rebuild. The spindles both look like the inner bearing inner race was tuning at some point and wore a grove. It's the verticle face of the inner seal area.
1977 Ford F-100
400m/c6/4:11/Gear Vender O.D.
Crane hydralic roller, forged, ported polished,Deamon,Edlebrock, yada, yada, yada
280,000 miles
Stock on the outside
modified/rebuilt everything
1977 Ford F-100
400m/c6/4:11/Gear Vender O.D.
Crane hydralic roller, forged, ported polished,Deamon,Edlebrock, yada, yada, yada
280,000 miles
Stock on the outside
modified/rebuilt everything
