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okay so before i whack on the conversion
it appears when i lubed up the bearings inside its creating a lot of resistance when turning
while it will spin smoothly, if you give it a good push it'll just come to a stop
compared to the rears, if i give it a good push it'll do at least a full rotation by itself before coming to a stop
so should i consider pressing it out again, removing some grease and putting it back together?
when i say a lot of grease i mean a LOT of grease :( guess i went a bit overboard
guess it'll probably give me a chance to check if i damaged anything since i heard some weird sounds while pressing it back together
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yeh press it back out.
If there is excess remove some and press it back in and test spin it.
What do u mean by weird noises?
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well i can tell you now, theres A LOT excess in there hahah
i'll take a photo of it later tonight
hoping to whack it all on tomorrow night and get an alignment saturday morning ;)
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talkin' about the front wheel hub here claymore, they're the sealed ballbearing type not the roller bearing ones
so doesn't really apply here but good info none the less
learnt that technique when i was reading about repacking bearings :)
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well just an update, popped the hub out again
appears all the grease i put in previous has worked it way well into the bearing and is super lubed which i'm assuming why its got so much resistance
when i say 'resistance' i don't mean i gotta be superman to turn the hub, it just doesn't spin freely when you give it a good push but has no troubles spinning smoothly when you keep trying to spin it
i guess theres no real way to find out if i really screwed it up or not until i put them on the car hey?
anyway i'll let the photos do the talking
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6962/knucklerl9.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5978/hubur7.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9...aringpnvw3.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9...klerearoq6.jpg
as you can see nothing seems out of the ordinary
although i did notice that in the third pic, the metal ring in the middle(the inner race?) has some back/forth play but seems solid when i press it all back together, this normal at all?
doesn't seem to make any ill sounds when turning the hub when its all pressed back together
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oh, if thats the case then all i can say is they're VERY well greased which i believe is whats causing the smooth but tough sensation while spinning the hub
if thats the case though, should i open it up again one last time to force a heaps of grease into again just incase?
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i found a tool to remove inner race bearings vin, this shop sells it pretty cheap. incase you need it :)
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all good man ;)
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3...eel4qi0.th.jpg
turns out all the bearings are still good, i just need new spindle nuts :)
