Mikeyss Build Thread

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

OP
OP
mikeyss

mikeyss

Full Access Member
Joined
Nov 11, 2011
Posts
1,611
Reaction score
3,001
Location
Longmont, Colorado.
Unless your torque wrench was way off, that should not have caused the problem. 177 and 133 for the record!
I just pulled my receipt, and found I got bamboozled!! I didn't know AC Delco had a sh*t brand. When I see AC Delco I click it and buy it. I feel so dumb now, I assumed all AC Delco was OE. Good thing I know this now, before I go buying a fuel pump here soon, lol.
 

89Suburban

Bull in the china shop
Supporting Member
Joined
Jan 10, 2013
Posts
12,851
Reaction score
35,216
Location
SE PA
What did you torque the spindle nut to? How about the hub bolts?
There is an urban legend/rumor that you can run these front bearings without the axle shaft installed. So that torque spec is just for the operation of the shaft itself, not the hub bearings "health", isn't it?
 

Rocket Man

Mark
Supporting Member
Joined
Dec 25, 2014
Posts
25,961
Reaction score
50,621
Location
Oregon
I just pulled my receipt, and found I got bamboozled!! I didn't know AC Delco had a sh*t brand. When I see AC Delco I click it and buy it. I feel so dumb now, I assumed all AC Delco was OE. Good thing I know this now, before I go buying a fuel pump here soon, lol.
AC Delco Professional?
 

Fless

Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Apr 2, 2017
Posts
10,246
Reaction score
20,306
Location
Elev 5,280
There is an urban legend/rumor that you can run these front bearings without the axle shaft installed. So that torque spec is just for the operation of the shaft itself, not the hub bearings "health", isn't it?

It depends on the bearing design. Not long ago someone posted pics of a bearing showing the style that wouldn't come apart without the axle in place, but a quick search didn't find it.


EDIT: found it:
 

swathdiver

Full Access Member
Joined
May 18, 2017
Posts
19,100
Reaction score
25,031
Location
Treasure Coast, Florida
There is an urban legend/rumor that you can run these front bearings without the axle shaft installed. So that torque spec is just for the operation of the shaft itself, not the hub bearings "health", isn't it?
Yeah, recently there have been a number of Ram pickups losing their front wheels and causing terrible accidents, a woman was even killed. When the cameraman zoomed in on the hub and truck, I could see the threads for the shaft but it was a RWD truck, no front differential.

Recently, I saw a video on youtube at Precision Transmission, the son took the worn out axle shafts apart, put the spindle through the hub and torqued it back down until the customer could return to have all the work done. Under the boot was a snap ring and once removed allowed him to rig it so the hub wouldn't fall apart.

ACDelco Professional (Gold) is often but not always the same as GM OE. Then there is ACDelco Advantage which is their economy line; no thanks.

Timken was at one time the OE supplier, the part number for our GMT900 4x4 hubs is SP500301 or was the last time I bought one.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
128,791
Posts
1,805,525
Members
91,775
Latest member
labans
Top