Wheel Hub: Testing and Inspection

HUB / BEARING

DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
1. Raise and support the vehicle.
2. Remove the grease cap.





3. Position a dial indicator against the face of the wheel hub (Fig. 3).
4. Tighten the locking screw on the clamping nut (Fig. 3).
5. Pull the wheel hub firmly back and forth and read off the wheel bearing play on the dial gauge. (Wheel bearing play should be 0.02 - 0.04 mm (0.000787 - 0.00158 inch).
6. If necessary, loosen the locking screw and adjust the wheel bearing play by loosing or tightening the clamping nut.
7. Retighten the locking screw and recheck the wheel bearing play.