Wheel Bearing and Race
You can NOT put this together incorrectly, it is impossible. There's a larger of two outer races which you gently drive into the rear of the wheel hub, either with a tool, large socket, or brass drift punch until it bottoms.
Smaller race fits in the front of the hub, same as rear race.
then you smear a goodly amount of clean grease into the clean bearing races, and pack both the "cones" ---the parts with the rollers---full of grease.
then drop the large cone, small side down, into the rear of the hub, and use an appropriate tool, large socket, etc, to drive the wheel seal into the back of the hub. Make sure the "sharp" edge of the seal points inwards
Smear a LIGHT smear of grease on either the back of the spindle or the seal lip to lube the seal rubber. (I can remember when they were leather.)
Then gently hold the front cone (rollers) into the front of the hub, as you slide the hub onto the spindle, and slip the keyed washer on.
Install the nut by hand, and either torque as to spec, or tighten "snug" as you turn the hub, then back off just a tad. Wiggle the nut with the cotter pin cap on, until you line up the cotter pin hole with a slot on the cap.
(My old '70 manual says tighten the A body spindle nut to 70 inch pounds (NOT foot pounds) and the B Bodies to 90" lb while rotating wheel.)
Install proper sized cotter pin, bend over one leg back over the top of the end of the spindle, and if necessary, use cutters to clip off the other leg a little.
Tap on the dust cap and you're done.
A diagram of a Fraud I shamelessly pirated from "somewhere:"
You can NOT put this together incorrectly, it is impossible. There's a larger of two outer races which you gently drive into the rear of the wheel hub, either with a tool, large socket, or brass drift punch until it bottoms.
Smaller race fits in the front of the hub, same as rear race.
then you smear a goodly amount of clean grease into the clean bearing races, and pack both the "cones" ---the parts with the rollers---full of grease.
then drop the large cone, small side down, into the rear of the hub, and use an appropriate tool, large socket, etc, to drive the wheel seal into the back of the hub. Make sure the "sharp" edge of the seal points inwards
Smear a LIGHT smear of grease on either the back of the spindle or the seal lip to lube the seal rubber. (I can remember when they were leather.)
Then gently hold the front cone (rollers) into the front of the hub, as you slide the hub onto the spindle, and slip the keyed washer on.
Install the nut by hand, and either torque as to spec, or tighten "snug" as you turn the hub, then back off just a tad. Wiggle the nut with the cotter pin cap on, until you line up the cotter pin hole with a slot on the cap.
(My old '70 manual says tighten the A body spindle nut to 70 inch pounds (NOT foot pounds) and the B Bodies to 90" lb while rotating wheel.)
Install proper sized cotter pin, bend over one leg back over the top of the end of the spindle, and if necessary, use cutters to clip off the other leg a little.
Tap on the dust cap and you're done.
A diagram of a Fraud I shamelessly pirated from "somewhere:"
