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Posted by Ron in Indiana [71.97.183.184] on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 20:08:58 :
In rebuilding the knuckles on a Dana 44 axle we followed the service manual on setting the trunion bearings. The book states that the knuckles should have a 6-9lb. resistance when pulling side to side. We used an electronic fishing scale to measure this load. We could only come close to 6 lbs. I later realized that we used bearings in the top instead of the original cones. I think this was the reason the readings were so low, less resistance. The question is how do we know what the proper preload should be on using roller bearings at top and bottom? Shims are used to set this loading. Does anyone have an idea? I don't want to ruin a set of expensive bearings or have a safety issue down the road.
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