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Rear Axle Shafts & Bearings: Installation

  1. To install machined shoulder type, drive or press inner and outer bearing cups into place using a suitable tool. Make sure that cups are firmly seated against shoulders in hub. To install snap ring type, insert outer bearing cone into hub. Insert bearing cup into hub and drive beyond snap ring groove. Install snap ring. Drive cone and cup assembly back against snap ring making sure that it is fully seated. Install inner bearing cup and cone. Install seal(s).
  2. Install hub onto axle housing. Install thrust washer and adjusting nut. Tighten adjusting nut while rotating wheel in both directions until bearings just begin to bind (approx. 50 ft. lbs.). Back off adjusting nut 1/6 turn. Install locking device and lock nut. Tighten lock nut making sure that adjusting nut setting is not changed. Lock into place.
    Fig 1: DETAILS OF TAPERED DOWELS
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  3. Install axle into housing making sure that splined end does not damage seals. Install tapered dowels (if equipped), lock washers, and nuts onto hub studs and tighten evenly.
    NOTE: Tapered dowel equipped wheels only: Make sure that clearance exists between lockwasher and axle flange after nuts are tightened. No clearance could cause premature hub or flange failure  ,
    Fig 2: FULL FLOATING AXLE SHAFT & BEARINGS W/SNAP RING BEARING RETAINER (TYPICAL)
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    Fig 3: FULL FLOATING AXLE SHAFT & BEARINGS W/MACHINED SHOULDER BEARING RETAINER (TYPICAL)
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