Bearing Packing 101

[Matt Peckham]

well, I guess you guys probably wouldn't know what Shipfitters disease is would you?

anyway, I spotted the Snap On tool truck on my way home and picked up one of these bearing packers for the unbelievable price of $14.00. They cost 31.00 anywhere else I have looked.

I'll be pulling my brake rotors off to be turned, so I'll be doing the whole wheelbearing reack at the same time too. will let you know how it goes.

Matt

[Schludwiller]

Originally posted by Matt Peckham
well, I guess you guys probably wouldn't know what Shipfitters disease is would you?

anyway, I spotted the Snap On tool truck on my way home and picked up one of these bearing packers for the unbelievable price of $14.00. They cost 31.00 anywhere else I have looked.

I'll be pulling my brake rotors off to be turned, so I'll be doing the whole wheelbearing reack at the same time too. will let you know how it goes.

Matt

You mean asbestos in the lungs?

Please let me know how it turns out.

[Matt Peckham]

Can't be as bad as all the radar absorbing paint I sanded off my Rover last year. 14 coats of lead paint....

I guess I knocked a few years off my lifespan with that one...

[OffroadX]

http://www.rkrenn.com/xterra/howto/b...aringintro.htm

[Synchro]

this reminds me. after repacking my bearings the last time and following the ESM, there is NO WAY that you can get the lock nut tight enough with the method listed in this HOWTO. I STRONGLY recommend anyone doing this themselves to use a pin spanner socket and a torque wrench to tighten down the lock nut, not a punch. When I went to have my front end aligned a few months ago, they wouldn't do it because my bearings were too loose. I needed to repack them anyway. When I took the locknut off, they were hand tight at best. I folled the ESMs directions with preloading the bearings using a pin spanner socket and torque wrench that time and noticed that the steering was SOOOOO much tighter. So I HIGHLY recommend changing this HOWTO. I wouldn't be suprised with how loose the locknut was, that people aren't messing up their bearings after prolonged use.

[OffroadX]

The how-to was updated with that info, though it's at the end...

Brent

[rrdstarr]

Where else can I get the pin spanner socket? The link for the tool in Richard's How to is dead-end.

Thanks!

[Toy Man]

Where else can I get the pin spanner socket

I think I remember about 3 different places
being mentioned in XOC.

You might also try NAPA or local auto store.
I 'think' it is a common tool.

Toy Man

[OffroadX]

98+ Isuzu Trooper, Rodeo, Amigo, and pickup; 1989+ Honda Passport; and Jeep J20 pickups with Dana 60 axle is the spec on the tool.
I've seen that particular application on the shelf at 2 stores. The one I got didn't quite fit, I had to grind down the pins a little. The other was a different brand and the pins seemed to be the right size. I just went there and they were selling it for $29, you can order it online too:
It's $27 + $6 shipping:
http://www.toolweb.com/distributorto....cfm?do=search
Enter OTC7698 in either search field, you'll get the correct part.

Brent

[Synchro]

Originally posted by rrdstarr
Where else can I get the pin spanner socket? The link for the tool in Richard's How to is dead-end.

Thanks!

rick whenever you need to use it, let me know. I have a pin spanner socket and would be happy to help or loan it to you.

Originally posted by OffroadX
I just went there and they were selling it for $29, you can order it online too:
It's $27 + $6 shipping:
http://www.toolweb.com/distributorto....cfm?do=search
Enter OTC7698 in either search field, you'll get the correct part.

Man that is atleast $10 more expensive that what Ontool had it for. too bad ontool is gone.