Quick Question About Hub
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From: Eau Claire, WI
Vehicle: 97 Tib
there's no play in the bearing..but i know our bearings suck, and this did come from a junkyard..
60k off of an 00 i believe.
unless i have to, id rather not spend the money to get a new bearing now, i know they're cheap, but i overspent a lot on all the parts i bought..dont have much left. lol.
so, what u guys think?
60k off of an 00 i believe.
unless i have to, id rather not spend the money to get a new bearing now, i know they're cheap, but i overspent a lot on all the parts i bought..dont have much left. lol.
so, what u guys think?
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The Spindle IS the Knuckle. Unless I'm a noob too, I always thought it was 6 in one, half dozen in the other.
The hub, is just the round metal part that has the studs in it. You cant tell because its assembled, but the Hub itself has a short shaft that goes inside the actuall Bearing.
You can see the bearing from the backside right in the center. The Bearing sits with one part from the Hub penetrating the inside hole of the bearing, and the outside of the bearing is pushed into the Spindle.
The stupid dust shrowd plate that sits behind the rotor just keeps stuff from getting into the rotor area. The 4 pieces work together.
The only big diff between the Captive and Non Captive, is that the Captive rotor must be pressed into the hub with a new bearing, and you'll never see the components apart like on the non captive. If you pull the rotor from a Captive setup spindle, the bearing will be destroyed in the process, hence the reason why anyone replacing a set of captive rotors, is also replacing a set of bearings wink1.gif
If you want to replace just the rotors with Captive, you gotta pull the whole spindle, with all parts still attached, and bring it to a machine shop. When you get the new stuff put back on, THEN you still gotta go get an alignment because the spindle has been removed and reattached.
I'm a friggin seasoned pro at pulling spindles due to bad bearings, but I've only had to replace a hub once, due to rounding on the shaft that is pressed into the bearing. If that isn't perfectly straight, it'll never sit right in the middle of the bearing, which will keep any machine shop from working with it. They'll be worried you're gonna get killed if your friggin hub falls apart while driving. Happened when I asked if they'd press a messed up Hub for me. I still have the hub in hopes I can find a way to get a 5 Lug swap possible for you guys.
One more note since this is a subject I'm fond of. The 96-01 Hubs DO IN FACT slide right onto the GK axles. The splines line up perfect, so that means THEIR 5 Lug hub fits perfectly onto OUR axles. Too bad the outside diameter of the GK wheel bearings are bigger than the RD ones 02.gif Otherwise we'd just need a GK hub and press it into our RD spindle and we'd have our 5 Lug swap.
The hub, is just the round metal part that has the studs in it. You cant tell because its assembled, but the Hub itself has a short shaft that goes inside the actuall Bearing.
You can see the bearing from the backside right in the center. The Bearing sits with one part from the Hub penetrating the inside hole of the bearing, and the outside of the bearing is pushed into the Spindle.
The stupid dust shrowd plate that sits behind the rotor just keeps stuff from getting into the rotor area. The 4 pieces work together.
The only big diff between the Captive and Non Captive, is that the Captive rotor must be pressed into the hub with a new bearing, and you'll never see the components apart like on the non captive. If you pull the rotor from a Captive setup spindle, the bearing will be destroyed in the process, hence the reason why anyone replacing a set of captive rotors, is also replacing a set of bearings wink1.gif
If you want to replace just the rotors with Captive, you gotta pull the whole spindle, with all parts still attached, and bring it to a machine shop. When you get the new stuff put back on, THEN you still gotta go get an alignment because the spindle has been removed and reattached.
I'm a friggin seasoned pro at pulling spindles due to bad bearings, but I've only had to replace a hub once, due to rounding on the shaft that is pressed into the bearing. If that isn't perfectly straight, it'll never sit right in the middle of the bearing, which will keep any machine shop from working with it. They'll be worried you're gonna get killed if your friggin hub falls apart while driving. Happened when I asked if they'd press a messed up Hub for me. I still have the hub in hopes I can find a way to get a 5 Lug swap possible for you guys.
One more note since this is a subject I'm fond of. The 96-01 Hubs DO IN FACT slide right onto the GK axles. The splines line up perfect, so that means THEIR 5 Lug hub fits perfectly onto OUR axles. Too bad the outside diameter of the GK wheel bearings are bigger than the RD ones 02.gif Otherwise we'd just need a GK hub and press it into our RD spindle and we'd have our 5 Lug swap.