deekster_caddy said:what did you torque the axle nut to?
scirilo said:I just tightened the axle nut as tight as I could with an impact wrench.
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...
scirilo said:So what should I do?
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?
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...
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.
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...
jimmyjam said:woah... are we talking about sealed bolt on hubs like the trailblazer
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or the spindle style
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if its a sealed unit, then just torque the shit out of it
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