wheel bearing question

[61jason61]

i have an old hub n/s/f which i removed as the four wheel drive didn't work when i got the truck. replaced with a second hand hub fromscrappy and all was good.

just removed the bearings from said hub, should i try replacing them with the mot failure bearings?

not sure what caused hub not to work in first place but just extracted bearings from the old hub.

they look in good order, lots of grease in hub?

 

[AlexD333]

Well, they are adjustable so yeah, if they didnt fail it on bearings then why not :thumb2

 

[61jason61]

simplybearings.co.uk £31

 

[AlexD333]

I wouldnt mess about, buy right and buy once.

Give these guys a call

http://www.milneroffroad.com/ :thumb2 :bow :bow

 

[Sweety]

The front hub bearings can be adjusted which is often needed think it was every year I had to adjust them on my last T2 so no point in replacing them if they are still running smooth & quiet:thumbs

 

[solarman216]

do not get confused here, wheel bearings and 4 wheel drive hub are completely separate things, you can remove the front auto locking hub and still drive the motor, wheel bearings are just that, what the wheel turns on, sounds to me like you just changed the auto hub as to do bearings all the brake assembly has to be removed, if you have slack in your bearings (movement top to bottom jacked up with the wheel on) then simply adjust the bearing, it is all here in the downloads, Rick

 

[61jason61]

no, hub was replaced complete, old lockers put in place. was definatly the hub causing an issue.

the hub that is issue has sheered wheel bolts a few months ago, sorted that out, may have put bearings back slack??

how do you adjust, i'm assuming its a case of locking the locker ring tighter?

have found bearings from local engineers supplier, who specialise in bearings

the numbers are klm 300849 for outer bearing race and klm 300811 for the ring thingy it sits in

klm 603049 for inner race and klm603011 for ring bit

 

[61jason61]

will strip wheel and stuff down tomorrow to see if i can tighten.

 

[AlexD333]

Yep, there is a circular plate that you have to tighten, then line up the cover back back on top.

Someone will be able to explain in more detail but you do want it tight (not too tight) but saying that I left mine too loose :lol

 

[61jason61]

Yep, there is a circular plate that you have to tighten, then line up the cover back back on top.

Someone will be able to explain in more detail but you do want it tight (not too tight) but saying that I left mine too loose :lol

ok so i need to check and tighten the thing that looks like a revolver cylinder (with many many bullet holes) lol

failing that replace bearings with the ones i have that seem good. gonna get local garage to check em over.