Sorry guys. I got away from this post for a day. I'm really glad you guys picked it back up. I wanted to pull the bearing BECAUSE… I thought maybe, just maybe the guy that built it replaced the crush sleeve with a cone and shim setup. I think that rather I am going to go with the by gosh and by golly method and try to get it tight enough to start feeling a little drag, mark it, pull the nut, clean the bolt and nut, red Loctite it and tighten it all back up. The weird thing is that the FSM recommends at least 170 ft lbs when not replacing the crush sleeve (They also recommend marking the nut position before you remove the damn thing…) That's quite a bit of torque, considering I tighten my lugs to 100 ft lbs and that seems like a lot. I've never tried this so I guess I'll just watch the drag and try to set it up somewhat like a front break bearing. Keep the thoughts coming. I'm ordering from Doctor Diff tonight so I can get this thing done over the weekend.


I’m listening.