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Installation & Adjustment (With Automatic Locking Hubs)

  1. 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.
  2. 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 1/4 turn (90 degrees). Retighten adjusting nut to 16 INCH lbs. (1.8 N.m).
  3. Align nearest hole in adjusting nut with center of spindle keyway slot. Advance nut to next lug, if necessary. Install locking key into spindle keyway under adjusting nut. Install 2 thrust washers. Press plastic cam assembly onto adjusting nut while lining up key in fixed cam with spindle keyway.
  4. Install axle shaft spacer. Clip snap ring onto end of spindle. Install automatic locking hub assembly with 3 legs of hub assembly inserted into 3 pockets of cam assembly. Install retaining washers, wheel and tire. Check hub and rotor assembly end play. End play should be 0-.003" (0-.08 mm). To complete installation, reverse removal procedure.
  5. Use great care in aligning spindle nut lug with center of spindle keyway. Damage to locking key may allow wheel assembly to come off vehicle while in motion.
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