moobster
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Thank you for clearing this up for me. I'm going to go and write R & L on my shoes now...lol
Help with setting the preload on the axle bearings
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moparnation74
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Driver(LEFT)----odd number parts
PASSENGER(RIGHT)---even number parts
Left and right is based on you sitting in the driver seat facing the windshield.....your anatomic left and your anatomic right relates to which sides?
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Yes, as shown in my pic and video.
It doesn't matter which side you set up the indicator on as you are measuring combined end play.
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moobster
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It only makes sense, in my mind, to put the indicator on the adjustable side. That's what got me questioning which side of the car should the adjuster, be on?
The manual states to put the indicator on the left side, I don't know why it would matter?
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Yep you can do either side. The manual tells you to adjust the adjuster and to hit the LEFT axle to seat the right side and then you're checking play on the left side. You can hit the right side, to seat the left side and check play on the right side. Which ever way floats your boat.
When you adjust the axle side play tighten right axle adjuster to zero side play to seat bearing cups. Then back off adjuster quarter turn. I like to take a block of wood on left axle and give it a whack seat right wheel bearing cup against backed off adjuster. I do that anytime I back off adjuster, unnecessary to do it when you tighten adjuster. Factory says measure off left axle why do it any other way?
moobster
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Thanks for all the help everyone. Got it set today.
Set the dial up on the adjuster side(passenger side), turned the adjuster in by hand until it contacted the bearing race, then tapped the axle in with a piece of wood and a hammer.
I backed the adjuster off until I got .008 on the dial and had to go about 1/2 a notch more to get the lock to engage.
I moved the dial to the left side and tapped the axle in with the wood again, zero'd the dial and ended up with .010" total float.
Repeat again, back on the right side, .010" float.
It was posted earlier by R/T Boy67 that the Dana's call for .008" to .012" for float and I'm right in the middle at .010"
Again, Thanks for the input everyone.
Mark
Set the dial up on the adjuster side(passenger side), turned the adjuster in by hand until it contacted the bearing race, then tapped the axle in with a piece of wood and a hammer.
I backed the adjuster off until I got .008 on the dial and had to go about 1/2 a notch more to get the lock to engage.
I moved the dial to the left side and tapped the axle in with the wood again, zero'd the dial and ended up with .010" total float.
Repeat again, back on the right side, .010" float.
It was posted earlier by R/T Boy67 that the Dana's call for .008" to .012" for float and I'm right in the middle at .010"
Again, Thanks for the input everyone.
Mark
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Doesn't matter which side the dial indicator is on as long as you smack that side with a mallet to seat the opposite side bearing. It's easier to have the indicator on the side the adjuster is on so you don't have to run back and forth to each side.
Just me but I always re-check it after the first trip, just to make sure it's still locked in the sweet spot where I set it...then I know I don't have to think about it until the next axle-removal.
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