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Front Wheel Bearings: Installation

  1. Lubricate bearings with appropriate wheel bearing grease. Place inner bearing into steering knuckle. Install new inner bearing grease seal, and drive seal into place using appropriate seal installer.
  2. Place original outer wheel bearing preload spacer (or spacer selected during preload inspection process) into steering knuckle bore. Place outer wheel bearing into steering knuckle bore.
  3. Liberally lubricate lip of NEW outer grease seal with appropriate lubricant. Drive seal into steering knuckle bore. Install brake rotor on hub axle hub. Tighten bolts to 33-40 ft. lbs. (45-54 N.m). Position rotor/hub assembly into steering knuckle, and press assembly into place using adapter from spacer selector set. To complete installation, reverse removal procedure.