tighting wheel bearings on 88 GQ

[Mousie]

hey peoples
i never had to tighten them on a 4x4 befor.

and thease were recently put in how do i go about doing this i take the wheel of then do i also have to unscrew all the allen key bolts and pull the hub off adn is the bearings behind that?

cheers

[Cossie]

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[Mousie]

thanks but i am still not exactly shore of the process of doing this

from memory of doing them on my old car use to just be a cap u pull of and tighten up the nut inside and then move the splitpin down

this seams to be compleatly difernt

[thomo.in.a.gq]

buy a gregory's manual for the GQ. Will give you a step by step guide on most things on your vehicle, including the bearings.

They are around $30 - $40 from memory, and you can find them at k-mart, autobarn etc.

And yes, you have to undo all those little allen key bolts!!

[bogged]

replace the lock washer...

[thomo.in.a.gq]

replace the lock washer...

very true, the first time i changed the bearings on mine, i tightened them three times before i got the message..... (slow learner)

Nissan dealers have them for about $2 each

[Tiny]

undo the free wheeling hub assy ie hte little allen key bolts, they undo the outside nut. you will need to price the lock tabs out of the way to do this. if you dont have a hub spanner you will need to use a large flat driver to undo the nut, but try to get the hub spanner if possible. when this is out you will find the ing with the lock tab, best to replace, but you can hammer it out to neated it up and reuse. now the inner nut is accesable tighten it up until the caliper can spin freely, but not bind. replace the lock tab, there is a key way on the shaft, and you will need to line this up, do the outer nut up.....torque setting should be FT and then prise down the lok tab onto the outer nut and if possibe put a tab over the inner nut as well.

Good luck, email or call me on 9894 8400 if you get stuck

Adam

[Mousie]

ok arfter mutch fucking around and lerning.....

got 1 side pritty mutchly done thanks to adam aka tiny for the help on the phone also sambo and harvy

but the other side whitch i couldnt figer out for the life of me how the fuck it works like the side i have done all the locking hub stuff came of easy
but the other side i just carnt pull off the inner pice that connects to the axel is there anything stoping it other then the C clip infront of it ?

[bogged]

ok arfter mutch ***** around and lerning.....

got 1 side pritty mutchly done thanks to adam aka tiny for the help on the phone also sambo and harvy

but the other side whitch i couldnt figer out for the life of me how the ***** it works like the side i have done all the locking hub stuff came of easy
but the other side i just carnt pull off the inner pice that connects to the axel is there anything stoping it other then the C clip infront of it ?

they can be a real vagina.. the grease will stick them on.. you just have to persist...

[Mousie]

well have at no luck getting the inner hub part out on the drivers side dore it is well and truly stuck on i been at it for houres! and no movment at all i realy carnt get the barstard off

if any one knows any tricks please let me know cos i am stumped.

i have looked at the passanger side ( came off easy as pie) adn carnt find any varence or anything that would appear to be holding the inner part of the hub from comming off it has a big of play tho so your aware.
it can move forward and back about 1-2.5 mm or there abouts ( ruff gess)
there is no burs from c clip that would stop it from comming off

i put a set of vice grips on the thing ( not tight enough to dammage it ) and for the lyfe of me i couldnt pull it off.

[Woop]

Once the freewheel hub is removed (allen bolts), you need to remove the snap ring holding the part that engages with the freewheel hub. Then slide this off the axle. Next, using a large screw driver, carefully lever the spacer out using a twisting motion between the nut and the spacer itself. Remove a second spacer, then you should be looking at the first of the 2 large nuts. Flatten out the lockwasher, remove the first nut then the lockwasher. Whith a suitably sized tube spanner, tighten the inner nut reasonably tight--spin hub a few turns in either direction, the loosen right off--re-tighten until there is a bit of pre-load--ie a small amount of effort to spin hub. Install a new lockwasher, put second nut in--tighten up and bend secure it with the lockwasher.

Nick

[thomo.in.a.gq]

well have at no luck getting the inner hub part out on the drivers side dore it is well and truly stuck on i been at it for houres! and no movment at all i realy carnt get the barstard off

if any one knows any tricks please let me know cos i am stumped.

i have looked at the passanger side ( came off easy as pie) adn carnt find any varence or anything that would appear to be holding the inner part of the hub from comming off it has a big of play tho so your aware.
it can move forward and back about 1-2.5 mm or there abouts ( ruff gess)
there is no burs from c clip that would stop it from comming off

i put a set of vice grips on the thing ( not tight enough to dammage it ) and for the lyfe of me i couldnt pull it off.

Give the stub axle a light hit inwards with a hammer / mallet. this should allow it to slide off.

[lexi]

I know it`s a bit late now but later system of lockring and screws is soo much better than them old washers. Available from Nissan.
Alex

[Mousie]

hi

woop: i have dont all that on passanger side np

but just carnt get to it on drivers side

have tryed hiting around it lightly and the axel still no luck.

[Woop]

So is it the bit on the end of the axle shaft that you cant get off--ie the part that engages the splines on the freewheel hub--or cant you remove the freewheel hub itself?

Nick

[kirragc]

I had this problem a couple of weeks ago.
In my case the circlip had created the slightest distortion to the axle splines, its was very fine but enough to stop the hub cog coming away freely.
I just pulled the axle back out to its normal position and did a bit of light filing along the axles plines outer edge. Came away no problem at all.
If the cog itself is stuck I cleaned and dried it then used a set of multis on the end.