tenn-gsx
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- Apr 25, 2006
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Fort Worth,
Texas
Ok guys I have a newbish question.
Last year I replaced both front hubs with Timken Hubs. I think I screwed them up though. I Installed the hubs and put the suspension back together, set the carback on the ground and pushed the car 30 feet to the street. The car sat there for abou 5 days and I pushed it back in. I raised the front up to do some brake work and found that the new bearings had excessive play in them already! I got pissed no need to say and just dropped the car back down and left it alone. Well Im deployed now and thinking about all the things that I need to do to my car to make it operational again and this came to mind.
Here is the question. I never tightened the axle nut. Would this cause the bearings to fail in 60ft or less? Would the play go away if I simply tightened the axle nuts? Or are they just a bad set of hubs?:
Last year I replaced both front hubs with Timken Hubs. I think I screwed them up though. I Installed the hubs and put the suspension back together, set the carback on the ground and pushed the car 30 feet to the street. The car sat there for abou 5 days and I pushed it back in. I raised the front up to do some brake work and found that the new bearings had excessive play in them already! I got pissed no need to say and just dropped the car back down and left it alone. Well Im deployed now and thinking about all the things that I need to do to my car to make it operational again and this came to mind.
Here is the question. I never tightened the axle nut. Would this cause the bearings to fail in 60ft or less? Would the play go away if I simply tightened the axle nuts? Or are they just a bad set of hubs?:
