It makes me nervous not knowing what the op doesn't know
YES....The only thing holding the inner wheel bearing is the grease seal. As described previously, knock out the inner wheel bearing and the seal pops out. Again, using a long drift pin, tap out the inner wheel bearing race (cup); do the same for the outer wheel bearing race (cup). Clean out all the old grease from the hub snd spindle. Install the inner bearing race (cup) and the outer bearing race using a BRASS drift pin to avoid damage to bearing races. REPACK THE INNER BEARING CUP (ROLLER ASSEMBLY) and OUTER BEARING CUP (ROLLER ASSEMBLY) using a high temperature wheel bearing grease (personal preference: Mobil One Synthetic grease. NLG #2). Install the inner bearing roller bearing in the hub, install the grease seal, insuring that the lip faces the the correct direction...apply a small bit of grease on the seal face....the seal will hold the inner wheel bearing assembly in place. Place the hub on the spindle...use care that the spindle threads fo not damage the lip seal. Install the outer wheel bearing onto the spindle with the washer and castellated (slotted nut), .....tighten the nut until there is no axial movement while rotating the hub to seat the roller BEARINGS.....IMPORTANT....THERE MUST BE 0.002" - 0.004" END PLAY OR AXIAL MOVEMENT IN THE BEARINGS to allow for thermal expansion when in operation. Install a new cotter pin in the slotted nut when the bearing end play is set. Install the hub cover on the assembly. THE WHEEL BEARINGS MUST HAVE END PLAY (0.002" - 0.004") OR BEARING FAILURE WILL OCCUR. FOLLOW THE FSM PROCEDURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
If you are packing your new bearings with regular non synthetic grease and you did not have a bearing ( grinding or in pieces)
Do you know how to pack wheel bearings? You don't just smear some grease on them and install. THere is also a procedure for tightening the nut and getting the right load on the bearings. I was curious how the You Tubers would handle this. Well, there is some good information out there and some bad.
THat's probably good. I have repacked thousands of bearings in the last 55 years and I have never had a failure and have never used a torque wrench.
Don't underestimate the reality that it took you those 55 years to build the muscle memory to do that! Experience is far too undervalued these days... respect.
I don't know who taught me to pack the bearings and set the spindle nut torque. I did them for a few years before I went to tech school. THere wasn't You Tube videos back then either. I don't remember doing it them shop class in High school. May be I read how in a Popular Mechanics magazine.
Only a inner
Why replace the bearings? Are they damaged?
