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Oh the headaches...

...My rear bearing race had actually wore the space between the front and rear bearing race...How I found it was by mistake...I replaced the bearing and went to tighten the spindle nuts up and I ran out of thread to tighten them..

...After further investigation, I figured that the race had moved deeper into the rotor which gave it room to just loosen everything up provided the right condition...
 



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The rear bering race was frozen to my spindle, I was left with a handfull of oblong pellets that used to be a wheel bearing. Had to cut the race off the spindle with the torch...
 






...That's never a fun thing...:(

...It probably didn't do your rotor any favors either...
 






probably not, it does seem to ride pretty smooth now, but when I do end up buying my new hubs, I'll definatley be giving the rotor a good inspection
 






when i was like 15 i put a CV axle in a suburban and forgot to tighten the CV axle nut. a little off topic but thats what this post reminded me of
 






when i was like 15 i put a CV axle in a suburban and forgot to tighten the CV axle nut. a little off topic but thats what this post reminded me of
well, it's kinda the same thing, only the nut backs off after so much use
 






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