ZZP wheel hub bearing wore out!

[Alacran]

ZZP wheel hub bearing wore out! (axle nut backed out)

Anyone have wheel hub laying around?

EDIT: found the problem, axle nut backed out. Either install error or it requires loctite...either way its not hub fault and it will get loctite this time.

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[Turbocharged400sbc]

if i do it'll be a high mile unit with the wss cover yanked off (they always stick in the spindle/knuckle) so it wont last long but if you only need it till that one gets warrantied it may work

 

[Alacran]

No thanks, im think i will go with new...Timken?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

id say timken but i think they repackage other bearings nowadays i dont know if they make their hub bearings in north america anymore

 

[Alacran]

if i go the used hub route is it possible to press the wheel hub out of the knuckle?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

uh its just 3 bolts axle nut and beating it out with a hammer and some flat chisels/flathead screwdrivers as wedges between the knuckle and bearing flange most of the time the cover/sensor can stays in youll have to beat it out and if the sensor ring breaks just hollow it out and put it on the good used bearing. if you got rid of the corrosion last time it may come out in one piece, but who knows.
you should prob just get new.

 

[Alacran]

i dont want risk getting another cheap hub. if i have to i will replace the whole knuckle to get a low mile stock hub in there. This time i will get a knuckle with the hub and i am trying to figure out how to get the hub out in one piece.

The last time i was in there i recall the sensor ring staying in the knuckle but i dont remember if it just pops back on the hub or not.

Thanks

 

[Alacran]

UPDATE: went to replace the wheel hub and to my surprise the axle nut was loose. i recall torquing that nut so i have no idea why it backed out. This time i am using loctite.