Installation & Adjustment (Model 28 & 35 Manual Locking Hubs)
- If bearings are replaced, drive new races into hub. Lubricate bearings with lithium base multipurpose wheel bearing grease. Install inner bearing and seal into hub. Install hub on spindle. Install outer bearing and adjusting nut. Tighten adjusting nut to 35 ft. lbs. (47 N.m) while turning hub back and forth to seat bearings.
- Spin hub and back off adjusting nut 90 degrees. Install lock washer on spindle. Mount lock washer over pin on adjusting nut, turning nut slightly if necessary to align pin. Install and tighten outer lock nut to 150 ft. lbs. (203 N.m) using 4-prong spanner.
- Install bearing thrust spacer, needle thrust bearing and axle shaft spacer. Install snap ring on axle shaft. Install manual hub assembly. Install retaining washers, wheel and tire. Check that end play of hub bearings is .001-.003" (.03-.08 mm).