alex22
NAXJA Forum User
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- CT: waterbury area
I polished a 30 about 2 months ago, new everything, and the drivers side unit bearing is already bad. It is a Timken from RockAuto.com and it does have a 1 year warantee on it.
The question is Did I screw up the install on this or was it faulty from the factory.
I installed new ball joints, knuckles and shafts [Yukon, because nobody had alloys at the time]. Then I put the unit bearing on, made sure there were no burrs or dirt in between the mating surfaces. Torqued the bolts to factory spec [85lbs iirc]. Installed the washer, nut, torqued it down, installed the nut holder and pin.
Someone mentioned driving it around for a day or so then retorquing the axle nut when I install the new one.
So is there anything I might have missed or overlooked since I don't want to be doing this a 3rd time.
~Alex
The question is Did I screw up the install on this or was it faulty from the factory.
I installed new ball joints, knuckles and shafts [Yukon, because nobody had alloys at the time]. Then I put the unit bearing on, made sure there were no burrs or dirt in between the mating surfaces. Torqued the bolts to factory spec [85lbs iirc]. Installed the washer, nut, torqued it down, installed the nut holder and pin.
Someone mentioned driving it around for a day or so then retorquing the axle nut when I install the new one.
So is there anything I might have missed or overlooked since I don't want to be doing this a 3rd time.
~Alex