Installation & Adjustment (Model 44 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 50-60 ft. lbs. (68-82 N.m) while turning hub back and forth to seat bearings.
- Apply inward pressure on spanner lock nut wrench to disengage adjusting nut locking splines and back off adjusting nut about 90 degrees. Retighten adjusting nut to 15 ft. lbs. (20 N.m). End play of hub assembly should be .00-.006" (.0-.15 mm).