wheel bearing welded itself to spindle

[Hahnsb2]

If the wheel bearing has gone far enough to weld the race to the spindle, you should be able to hear and/or feel it and stop driving before the wheel falls off. Get rid of those stupid wide wheels. Even if you do get that race off, the spindle probably isn't of any use anyways.

 

[koa's93ranger]

i did hear a ticking noise as i was leaving work. headed straight home, but it didnt last that long. i know its the wheels that was causing it to fail so soon, but buying new wheels just wouldnt be practical at the moment. gonna have to run new wheels anyway after my sas. im gonna try the propane torch and hammer tonight. if that dont work ill go and buy an air chisel. and if i still have no luck, dremel it is. im sure that spindle is faulty, but if itll last at least 2 months, im good

 

[koa's93ranger]

will the propane torch be hot enough to do the job, or will i have to hunt down a real torch?

 

[Vexy]

It is very much possible, but it will take a hell of a lot longer than Oxy-Acetylene.

 

[wahlstrom1]

I'd split it with a grinder and open it with a chisel before I wasted time with a torch... much quicker.

 

[koa's93ranger]

ill try that tonight since i already have a grinder and i may save on having to buy new tools. im just afraid im gonna hit the spindle in the process being that its the inner bearing and not the outter. here goes nothin. hopefully i dont go down in flames haha

 

[bobbywalter]

I'd split it with a grinder and open it with a chisel before I wasted time with a torch... much quicker.

that was my first thought.


might want to use a slathering of some bearing mount as well


dont have problems with the nuts backing off but the big wheels and 35's eat these fawkers up in hard braking traffic conditions.

 

[Hagan]

If you want a spindle I think I have a spare. If you want it its yours just pay shipping.

 

[legoms013]

Make sure when you torque the outer nut down to 250ftlbs like you said, that it isn't so tight that it is grabbing the inner lock-washer and spindle nut and tightening those too....sometimes the tit on the lock-washer winds up in between two threads on the spindle and when you torque that outer nut down real hard it takes the lock washer with it, and the nub there goes onto the spindle, screwing up the threads, and putting a huge amount of excessive preload on the bearings as it also tightens the inner spindle nut.

I did this and it wasn't pretty.....I fried two sets of bearings this way, b/c the half wit that had my truck before galled the spindle threads and everytime I work with the bearings they have a tendency to do the above. Hell I have to check them about once a month because sometimes they will tighten all on their own and preload the bearings.

Just a thought...

 

[koa's93ranger]

Make sure when you torque the outer nut down to 250ftlbs like you said, that it isn't so tight that it is grabbing the inner lock-washer and spindle nut and tightening those too....sometimes the tit on the lock-washer winds up in between two threads on the spindle and when you torque that outer nut down real hard it takes the lock washer with it, and the nub there goes onto the spindle, screwing up the threads, and putting a huge amount of excessive preload on the bearings as it also tightens the inner spindle nut.

I did this and it wasn't pretty.....I fried two sets of bearings this way, b/c the half wit that had my truck before galled the spindle threads and everytime I work with the bearings they have a tendency to do the above. Hell I have to check them about once a month because sometimes they will tighten all on their own and preload the bearings.

Just a thought...

thats exactly what i did, on both sides, about 6 months ago. i got tired of the lock nuts always coming loose so i went to 250lbs, which spun the washer on the threads. managed to repair most the threads and came up with a little wedge to put in there to stop it from happening again (made of cut up allen whrenches haha), thus stopping the inner nut from spinning. i have no clue how that inner nut could tighten being that my homemade wedge is such a tight fit.

its just those rims, because its always the inner bearing that get fried, never the outter

 

[koa's93ranger]

If you want a spindle I think I have a spare. If you want it its yours just pay shipping.

i appreciate the offer. i am very tempted to jump on that deal. but i do need my truck running TODAY, got work tomorrow. i will keep an eye on my spindle and if i see that its causing another bearing to blow up, i will take you up on that offer.

 

[koa's93ranger]

went a little too far with the grinder. put a couple niks in the spindle. sanded it down as much as i could. hope it doesnt cause anny further issues in the future

here is my homemade wedge made of an allen wrench

 

[koa's93ranger]

any recomendations on how hard to torque the inner nut? tech library says seat the bearing at 35ftlbs, go back 1/4 turn, and retighten at 16ftlbs. what do you recomend for my situation? 33s on 15x12 rims with big offset. dont wanna burn up the bearings again

 

[Hagan]

Yeah no problem.

Isn't the nut backing off a common issue? Why not just put a couple tack welds holding the nuts together...or is that a bad idea?

 

[Hahnsb2]

any recomendations on how hard to torque the inner nut? tech library says seat the bearing at 35ftlbs, go back 1/4 turn, and retighten at 16ftlbs. what do you recomend for my situation? 33s on 15x12 rims with big offset. dont wanna burn up the bearings again

16 INCH/lbs, that probably explains why you're burning up bearings. Hand tight with the socket is close to 16in/lbs.