Archived Hub Bearing Replacement - Help

[LambertM]

Replaced upper/lower ball joints, new dust shield and new hub bearing on right hand side, everything back together except for rotor and caliper assy. All bolts torque to spec, 149 ft-lbs hub to knuckle. Hub is not rotating freely before replacement and trans is in neutral Is there supposed to be a spacer between the axle flange and inner hub race ? I need a pry bar in between the hub studs to rotate the hub which does not do so smoothly. Any advise at this point would help. Thanks.

 

[JFought]

when i did my frt whl bearing it was stiff ( not turn freely) new and the grease i suppose. . even when i had the tire on it still would only spin about a quarter turn with a mild pull (tire in the air and all put toghter. ) hope that helps a little

 

[LambertM]

Thanks, tightened the axle bolt to 170 ft-lbs, then 250, the worked fine.