On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:19:16 +0800, Dennis wrote:

On 12/08/2011 9:06 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:14:59 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

I took off my wheel bearings when I bought my boat, and repacked them. They
probably have 150 miles on them since that.

IF I JACK UP MY TRAILER AND JUST SPIN THE WHEEL, what should I feel? Should
there be ANY movement where you can take the 3 and 9 o'clock positions and
wiggle back and forth?

When I take the cap, key, and nut off, and put it back on, just how tight do
I put the nut? Should I tighten it at all with a large ChannelLock, or just
to where I can get the key in the next groove in the nut?

I'm going to take them off and have a look see, and just was wondering how
to correctly put them back on.

Steve

Ball or roller? Tapered Rollers should have just a touch of play.
Generally take the nut snug (zero clearance) and back off one flat.
Should JUST feel the play when wiggling the wheel.


I did the front wheel bearings on one of our vehicles recently - a Ford
with "sealed unit replacable" hubs. The bearings are sealed & you
replace the whole hub. The bearings have a spacer and the install torque
is ~ 300Nm.

I'd initially installed it with the normal "tighen then back it off"
method. Luckily I did some web-reading and tightened it up before any
harm was done. The nut wasnt the usual castellated split pin style, it
was like a nylock nut but without the nylon.
A "stover" nut - officially known as a "prevailing torque" nut.