Left Flange Shaft Ball Bearing Pre-Tension, Checking: Notes

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Check the Ball Bearing Pre-Tension Using the Wear Pattern on the Bearing Bracket -arrow-.

Fig 1: Left Flange Shaft

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NOTE:

The pre-tension on the left flange shaft ball bearing must be checked only on certain vehicles, refer to the table for a list of the vehicles, refer to Installing => .

This is not necessary on vehicles built later because they have been redesigned.

The left flange shaft is removed, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .