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So any rust removes the hardening? From mechanic/metal working friends I know, they say to remove the hardening would take long acid, water, and rust cycles. Folks who go mudding a lot and have water intrusion into the hubs just soak their rusty bearings in vinegar and re use :eek:. As long as...

Is it normal for the outer seal to move back and forth bout a millimeter in the keyway? I got the bearing torqued to 50ft lbs and backed off 1/8 turn, but at 50ft lbs the seal does not wiggle.

Did something dumb yesterday afternoon. Washed wheel bearings in purple power/water mix as usual then mineral spirit rinse. Works great, but I left the bearings in the hot sun after washing and they flash rusted in minutes! Vinegar works great for removing light rust, so I washed them a bit and...

Did something dumb yesterday afternoon. Washed wheel bearings in purple power/water mix as usual then mineral spirit rinse. Works great, but I left the bearings in the hot sun after washing and they flash rusted in minutes! Vinegar works great for removing light rust, so I washed them a bit and...

Is it a good idea to clean out the mix of grease and gear oil for inside the hub between the races when repacking bearings? It is only 700 miles old. Kind of a pain in the butt and have to add new grease.

Actually now that I think about it, the outer nut on the leaking side wasn't too tight and the inner nut could be turned almost by hand. Perhaps that was the issue after all. The other side was much tighter and the leaking was less severe. I'll go ahead and reuse the seals and torque inner to...

Half the honing was done using dot5 for lubrication. Does not work very good. I used cutting oil instead and that worked a lot better!

Wheel bearing that had grease washed off. Seems to look ok. Just a a small scratch around the entire bearing, but all the bearings on both sides have that scratch.

I took the hubs/drums off of the middle axle due to a brake fluid leak. Wheel cylinders appeared to be leaking. I got two rebuild kits, the Newstar kits which may be made in China, and the Napa UP45 kits which are made in the USA and Mexico, but at least on the Mexico ones the seals say USA...