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Front Wheel Bearings

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Front Wheel Bearings

Post by zooker »

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Last weekend i replaced teh front wheel bearing on my 85 sierra because the drivers side had collapsed. But after i had put them on and tightened the bolts, the wheel still moved indicating the bearings were not in tight enough :roll: . I then tightned the bolts up as tight as they would go and it still moves :bad-words:. Does anyone have any ideas why it's still moving???
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Post by M&M Custom Engineerin »

check the 4 bolts that are behind the disc that hold on the stub axle.

if that dont fix it, double check your wheel bearing adjustment.
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Post by redzook »

it ok my wheels move aswell :finger: :finger:
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Post by zooker »

redzook wrote:it ok my wheels move aswell :finger: :finger:


Really???? They r meant to do that??? I thought that meant they were broken :finger:
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Post by camskizook »

Swivel hub bearings might be farked
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Post by skippy »

which was is your wheel moving?

when you move the wheel on it's horizontal axis (grabbing top and bottom of the wheel and doing the old push pull) does the whole knuckle housing move?

you could find that your king pin bearings have play in them.
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Post by zooker »

thanks for that, yes the wheel is moving when i grab the top and bottom. I'll go and check everything tommorrow and hopefully i'll fing the problem and fix it.
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Post by mud4b »

as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.
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Post by skippy »

mud4b wrote:as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.


serious? I never had issues with my 32's. must be the quality of where I bought them ;)

but you'd be getting the same ones mark. possibly your offset is larger than what mine was and is flogging them out?
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Post by mud4b »

yeah sounds right.......could have something to do with the way i
drive though.
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Post by moose »

skippy wrote:
mud4b wrote:as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.


serious? I never had issues with my 32's. must be the quality of where I bought them ;)

but you'd be getting the same ones mark. possibly your offset is larger than what mine was and is flogging them out?


Geez , I,ve got 33,s & I dont have any dramas with mine !!!! :cool:
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Post by mud4b »

i must have got the crap zook of the run eh.
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Post by skippy »

mud4b wrote:i must have got the crap zook of the run eh.


nah I think I win that prize
:finger: :finger: :D :D :finger: :finger: :rofl: :rofl:
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Post by mud4b »

YOU SAID IT ,not me! :finger:
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