Front Wheel Bearings: Installation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.