Typically with tapered roller wheel bearings, you are shooting for ~0.010endplay of the hub on the spindle.(just enough with both hands push and pull on the tire, you can feel it move.) Yhere certainly should not be a lot of tension on the nut. If the metal is gun blued form heat, the bearing is toast, if not, lube it up.
bear ing should be packed with grease, and there should also be some in the cavity of the hub, a layer 1/4" thick there is plenty, do not pack it full.
the outer race is supposed to be a press fit in the hub, check this...if you can move the race in the hub without a tool, the hub will have to be replaced.
was there a washer between the bearing and nut? most cars have one with a 'tooth' that keeps wheel rotational force being transferred to the nut.
Wow, I am so old I've made the FAQ at Brickboard....
Last edited by 745 TurboGreasel; 05-08-2013 at 11:10 PM.
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