Front wheel bearings
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Front wheel bearings
94 ranger xlt rwd...going to replace my brakes today and since the truck has 254,000 mi on it will be replacing the wheel bearings/races as well...I understand the whole procedure, however my question is with the tightening procedure...I only have a ft lb torque wrench so after I tighten the adjusting nut to 17 ft lbs while rotating wheel front wards, back off 1/2 turn, I'm supposere-tighten to 20 in lbs...would that be equivalent to a 1/4 turn?
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i have always tightened wheel bearing by hand , you get the TRU feel
first off . gently tighten the bearings all the way to properly seat them
back off , the slowly rotate the rotor by while tightening the bearings until you feel a little resistance , stop , use your other hand and rotate the rotor and feel for any binding , no binding
the bearings are properly tightened
first off . gently tighten the bearings all the way to properly seat them
back off , the slowly rotate the rotor by while tightening the bearings until you feel a little resistance , stop , use your other hand and rotate the rotor and feel for any binding , no binding
the bearings are properly tightened
#3
I did this to my truck this weekend. I had a question for everyone. Like the OP said you torque down the bearings to ~20 ft/lbs, but my 1/2" torque wrench only goes down to ~50 ft/lbs. I have a smaller torque wrench that could do 20 ft/lbs, but it is a 3/8" ratchet. So how would I use that with a socket the size of 1" + that would obviously be made for a 1/2" ratchet. I did the same thing and used a smaller breaker bar to tighten them down by hand much like some do with spark plugs (not actually torquing the plugs down to spec). Then I backed it off 1/2 turn and tightened it finger tight just using the socket. It seems like they nut was only on finger tight (as specs say about 2 ft/lbs). But do you all have 1/2" torque ratchets that go down to 20 ft/lbs, and if you didn't how would you achieve that? I have reducers that allow a 1/2" ratchet to use a 3/8" socket, but nothing that would increase in size like no one would use a 3/8" ratchet on a 1/2" socket. Any suggestions of how to overcome this?
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