Front Inside wheel bearing and seal - Help

[eric4welches]

All - What am I doing wrong?

Here is a youtube of what the culprit.

http://youtu.be/208apwX6GfY

 

[Albino 94LTD]

I assume you are trying to replace/repack the inner bearing?

You'll need to pound a flat tip screw driver under the lip of the seal and pry it off like the top of a can of paint. Then you can service the bearing.

Replace the seal, don't try to re-use it

 

[eric4welches]

Albino - Thanks for the reply. I understand removing the the seal. My concern is all the slop. The rotor is new. The bearing is new. The seal is new. I took my EX to have an alignment done but the shop said there was too much play while rocking the tire (while up on lift). I tore back into the assembly to see if I could tighten things up. I'm not sure where else I can tighten up the slop

 

[Albino 94LTD]

Bearing preload (inside and outside) is done from the outside. What you show in the video is normal when the rotor is off the spindle.

The bearing nut (or hub cam assembly for auto hubs) should be tightened to 40-60ft/lbs while rotating the rotor to 'seat' the bearings and races, then backed completely off and re-torqued to, I believe the spec is 15 inch/lbs (barely hand tight).

Do you still have the auto hubs?

 

[eric4welches]

Yes - Still have auto hubs. I will reapply your steps to see if I still get the wheel play. I will re-pack the bearings (since they are new). I purchased new seals for this issue knowing that I would be ripping back into the inside bearings.

I was just not sure about how much play there was with the inside bearing - even off the spindle.