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help wheel bearings keep coming loose

Post by damo13 »

well as above i changed my wheel bearings and now for some reason they keep coming loose as soon as a drive about 100 meters i cant work it out ive re done it about 5 times and the same thing any ideas please
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Post by Z()LTAN »

bent the ears back on the locktabs?

Got them tight enough?

Have them in the correct order?
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Post by PJ.zook »

Threads stripping in nuts or shaft?
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Post by bazzle »

What vehicle/model?
What sort of locking mechanism? (pix)
How are you setting the preload?
Do you have large offset rims on a nissan?

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Are you sure you knocked the new bearing cones home?

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Post by joeblow »

put the screws back in the locking tab?
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Post by rusty bus »

Looked at the back of the knuckle as you check wheel bearing freeplay to make sure its not actually your swivel hub bearings which have the freeplay??
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Post by Z()LTAN »

rusty bus wrote:Looked at the back of the knuckle as you check wheel bearing freeplay to make sure its not actually your swivel hub bearings which have the freeplay??
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