you're supposed to torque to something light (12 ft lbs maybe) to seat the bearings then back off and hand-snug down, if the cotter pin doesn't line up, loosen to get it to fit.deekster_caddy said:what did you torque the axle nut to?
That might last 15k miles or so, 20k if your lucky....scirilo said:I just tightened the axle nut as tight as I could with an impact wrench.
So what should I do?McGMT said:That might last 15k miles or so, 20k if your lucky....You just ran the inner and outter races together and now it is going to wear like mad...
Its usually somewhere around 100lb ft or so, 103 on a TB so its about the same on a Silver...
Return that one and get another one. If your lucky the parts guy wont realize you destroyed it...scirilo said:So what should I do?
return the wheel bearing?McGMT said:Return that one and get another one. If your lucky the parts guy wont realize you destroyed it...
scirilo said:return the wheel bearing?
ok just found out that there is a heavy half ton, which this truck isn't the heavy, and so that bearing is the wrong one. Thanks for your help and input.McGMT said:Yea, return it defective and hope that the guy behind the counter doesn't realize that you destroyed it or your gonna have to buy another one...
No problem, next time don't crush it with the impact....scirilo said:ok just found out that there is a heavy half ton, which this truck isn't the heavy, and so that bearing is the wrong one. Thanks for your help and input.
woah... are we talking about sealed bolt on hubs like the trailblazerMcGMT said:That might last 15k miles or so, 20k if your lucky....You just ran the inner and outter races together and now it is going to wear like mad...
Its usually somewhere around 100lb ft or so, 103 on a TB so its about the same on a Silver...
Don't ever ever "torque the shit" out of a sealed unit... ever... You pinch the inner and outer races together against the bearing and ruin them, that's why some people wonder why every single one they put on is garbage after 20k miles... And yes, its true if it is a spindle not to torque it down... Just ffs don't tell someone to torque the shit outta a sealed unit because that is false information and a worst case scenario.jimmyjam said:woah... are we talking about sealed bolt on hubs like the trailblazer
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if its a sealed unit, then just torque the shit out of it
First, who cares, anyone who is a real mechanic knows theres a reason they come up with torque specs, its not just cuz someone gets bored and starts making up numbers.jimmyjam said:fair enough. never torque the shit out of anything
however i don't see how it would damage the bearing. you're just clamping both sides of the inner race. you're not pushing the bearings together unless you're crushing the race itself. that would be impressive