Shaking after front hub replacement.

[Slotz00]

Hello.

I just replaced my front pass hub due to bearings being shot and all seemed find for a couple days then my wife told me the front end was shaking. Happened much worse at higher speeds but you can still feel it a bit at lower speeds. I still had the old hub so I put that back on to find the same problem. I can't see anything I missed. All went smooth. I torqued the axle nut to about 200fp.

Any ideas? I am in the process of putting the new hub back on.

Thanks.

 

[drdoom]

Did you get air in your power steering system? If so, simply bleed it out by turning the wheel lock-to-lock a few times.

 

[SoNic67]

AFAIK the axle nut is not reusable...

 

[Slotz00]

Did you get air in your power steering system? If so, simply bleed it out by turning the wheel lock-to-lock a few times.

I am not sure but how could I have I am wondering.

What I found today was when I got on the highway and accelerated it didn't really start to shake bad until I let off the gas and coast. Just really odd.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[drdoom]

Air in system is just when you turn the wheels left to right by hand, like on a brake job when you reach in and swing the knuckle around for better access. Usually shakes whilst steering. Yours sounds different symptoms.

 

[drdoom]

Symptoms as yours you can get that from sticking calipers.

 

[SoNic67]

He is not using the brakes when shaking. Is just lifting the foot from gas.
Because he talks about "hub" I assume is a 4x4.

Probably the axle nut got loose, because he reused the old nut... they are single-use.
And that will damage the bearings (new or old).