RCinNC
Well-Known Member
As I rapidly close in on 100,000 miles, I've been considering a pre-emptive front wheel bearing replacement (the rear bearings were done a while back when one of them started to go bad).
There's a bearing spacer the goes inside the hub, positioned between the two bearings. Now, I always assumed that there were recesses in the hub that only allowed the bearings to be inserted to a finite depth, but maybe I'm wrong on that. If the hub does have a bearing recess that limits the depth that the bearing can be inserted, what's the purpose of the bearing spacer? Is it supposed to make contact with the inner bearing races, so the two wheel bearings spin as one unit?
Also, has anyone here ever changed a hub clutch bearing? Has anyone ever had one go bad?
There's a bearing spacer the goes inside the hub, positioned between the two bearings. Now, I always assumed that there were recesses in the hub that only allowed the bearings to be inserted to a finite depth, but maybe I'm wrong on that. If the hub does have a bearing recess that limits the depth that the bearing can be inserted, what's the purpose of the bearing spacer? Is it supposed to make contact with the inner bearing races, so the two wheel bearings spin as one unit?
Also, has anyone here ever changed a hub clutch bearing? Has anyone ever had one go bad?