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Originally Posted by sbourg
Everything seems and sounds and rotates flawlessly. In less than 100mi of driving, there is slop. Re-adjust, and all is hunky-dory forever. This would not be possible if the problem was a fit issue among mating bearing surfaces - it is a basic problem when pressing the inner race.
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Firstly, do we agree that the inner race is a slip fit onto the spindle........so.........no pressing involved there??
Second, if the procedure that you have used to seat the outer race is not satisfactory, and, as you noted, the bearing actually seates the outer race in the first 100 miles of driving, how much do you believe the outer race can move? I'm going to take a stab at the number and say that it cannot be more than a movement of .0005".
And, when you find "slop" when you return and pull on the hub, how much is this slop? Would it be something around .001" or would it be considerably more than this? If you find .005" axial play in the bearing, I think you would have a very difficult time attempting to make a case that the outer race moved sufficiently to generate this level of play.
I'm not questioning the mounting procedure...........simply suggesting that there is another variable that you are unaware of. It cannot be the seating of the outer race.