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Front Wheel Bearings: Installation

  1. Lubricate bearings with wheel bearing grease. Pack hub with grease in area of ends of rollers. Install inner bearing into steering knuckle. Install NEW inner bearing grease seal. Drive seal into place with seal installer.
  2. Install original outer wheel bearing preload spacer (or spacer selected during preload adjustment procedure) into steering knuckle bore. Install outer wheel bearing into steering knuckle bore.
  3. Liberally lubricate lip of NEW outer grease seal with grease. Drive seal into steering knuckle bore. Install brake rotor onto 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 with adapter from spacer selector set. To complete installation, reverse removal procedure.
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