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Dito on factory method and loose bearings. No more problems with loose wheel bearing now.
Wheel Bearing Preload Methods
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maxamillion2345
Franken-80
Not really pertaining to Land Cruisers but I read the OP and the whole over the road truck wheel bearing torque thing had me thinking... a while back all the trucking safety agencies, the manufactures, and so forth all got together and hashed out a torque procedure for over the road trucks. Too many duals were coming off and killing people. So just because someone used to set up over the road trucks in some manner doesn't mean it was right and they know what they're doing on an LC. 
Just saying! Then again, doesn't mean their wrong either. Just something to think about...
Here is the universal torque procedure for over the road trucks, not the 80 series.
http://www.taevt.org/740-wheel_bearing_adjustment.pdf
Just saying! Then again, doesn't mean their wrong either. Just something to think about... Here is the universal torque procedure for over the road trucks, not the 80 series.
http://www.taevt.org/740-wheel_bearing_adjustment.pdf
1973Guppie
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first couple times I did the whole fsm thing, I know just go to 15 pnds inner and 45 outer and call it a day, never have had a problem.....
Just checked the front bearings on a friends 80 set at 27ft/lbs 40k ago and they were perfect. Just replaced the rotors and reset to 27ft/lbs
Since this tread I've found that a good pre-load is especially needed on the rear axles. I've cured low brake pedals by adjusting the play out of the bearings.
Unlike the front you need to pull the tire in an out to check the bearings. If the slide pins at the least bit sticky the in and out movement will compress the caliper piston that will require you to then push it back out before the brakes grab again.
Unlike the front you need to pull the tire in an out to check the bearings. If the slide pins at the least bit sticky the in and out movement will compress the caliper piston that will require you to then push it back out before the brakes grab again.
I did a bunch of reading about this about a month ago when I found my drive side was loose. I ordered the trail gear set up to replace the stock set up.I found a lot of people torquing the inner nut more when running larger tires. So I went with 30ft/lbs on it and locked it down. Hasent loosened up and has worked great so far.
