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4WD Front Wheel Bearing Pre-load?

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MIKE S:
When adjusting the bearings, keep in mind if you have auto locking hubs they are engaged on the wings of the locking washer. That being said if they are not torqued to a minimum of 160 ft. lbs. the action of the auto hubs will work on the washer and tear up the spindle keyway and threads along with unscrewing the nut that will lead to catastrophic failure. 

JohnnyPopper:
Thanks Mike, she's too old for that type of thomfoolery, 1978

Hawaiian Rust Fighter:
Had a mechanic buddy finish up my passenger side and he put the inner adjuster nut in backwards and I'm guessing he just slid the washer on then tightened the outer nut to 60. I thought he said 160. My fault not checking, because about 3 weeks later I got death shake, tightened my tie rod ends... 1 week later: death shake, found 2 lug nuts cross threaded, replaced... 1 more week and - murder shake. While cruising on a curvy highway at 40-45mph, passenger wheel hit a tiny pothole and the truck started shaking so bad that I literally got shaken out of my seat belt and thrown to the passenger side as my Suburban rocked left and right hard enough to blow a tire and flip over twice, ending up in the opposite lanes and got hit by a Home Depot delivery truck. Surprisingly, I only had a concussion, sprained wrist and bruises across my waist and up and down my shins and knees. My truck was totalled, obviously, as was the home depot truck, driver thankfully unscathed. Cost my insurance to pay out 82k in small claims, they cut me and now I am driving a 93 camry that smells like cats, rats and mildew all got together and had a super-demon spawn child that lives in the everything (Inames her Putridfer), with 290,000 miles of no fun and have an sr22 now. Point is - either do your own work and be liable or take it to a shop and have them be liable, do NOT have a buddy tell you lies and believe him without taking a good look of his work.

JohnnyPopper:
#Whatisalamestoryaboutcats?

Jon87V20:
Yeah. That's an intense story. Sorry about your situation, dude.

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