need help knuckle rebuild reinstall

[kiwiwonder]

I'm to the point where I measure the pounds needed to rotate the knuckle. I'm putting the scale on the knuckle arm and it measures way too little. I replaced the knuckle beerings. I have a medium shim on the bottom and a medium and big on the top. I do not have the sst tool to measure what size shims I should use. do I just try different sizes untill the pounds to rotate the knuckle are correct. I took out the medium on the top and the pounds were a lot better but only at 3lbs. what do i do? smaller on bottom? top? get sst tool to do it properly? can you rent it?

 

[toyrunner]

I'm to the point where I measure the pounds needed to rotate the knuckle. I'm putting the scale on the knuckle arm and it measures way too little. I replaced the knuckle beerings. I have a medium shim on the bottom and a medium and big on the top. I do not have the sst tool to measure what size shims I should use. do I just try different sizes untill the pounds to rotate the knuckle are correct. I took out the medium on the top and the pounds were a lot better but only at 3lbs. what do i do? smaller on bottom? top? get sst tool to do it properly? can you rent it?

All the axles I have rebuilt, the original shims in the original spots were good. Did you change these?
Danny

 

[kiwiwonder]

no I just replaced the seals and the knuckle beerings I thought that might be why they were out. the shims were in the same place and same number. it can't be that I did not put the races in far enough and if there was grit in there which there should not be as that mean I would need to add shims or do i have this backwards

 

[Cruiserdrew]

It sounds odd. The rule of thumb is one thick and one thin shim top and bottom. That's been spot on on just about every knuckle I've done. My 60 though, had just a thick on the bottom, so I went thick on the bottom and 1 thick plus 2 thins on the top. The preload with that combo was perfect, though per Marlin's advice I went to the upper end of the spec.

 

[Isotel]

what should the preload be at??

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Did you keep and mark the original shims top and bottom?

 

[kiwiwonder]

origional shims were marked top and bottom and went on how they came off

 

[toyrunner]

origional shims were marked top and bottom and went on how they came off

What was your torque setting?
Danny

 

[mustardfj40]

If you mixed up the shims, it's important to use the SST or make your own, setting the bearing preload is just one thing you also need to align the knucles with the axle, otherwise you you inner axle seals may leak prematurely because the inner axle is not located nicely within the seal...

/td

 

[kiwiwonder]

I torqued at 65lbs, remind me how I allign the knuckle within the axle's