Tie Down Spindles Procedure for Removing and Replacing Spindle Wear Sleeves - Manual (Page 2)

6. Use the wear sleeve assembly tool to properly
align the wear sleeve.
7. Once the wear sleeve is positioned with the wear
sleeve assembly tool, strike the back of the assembly
tool with a small sledge, or a large sized hammer.
Make sure that the wear sleeve bottoms out on the on
the spindle’s wear sleeve machining detail.
8. Assemble hub/rotor unit onto spindle. Be sure to
lightly lubricate with oil both the wear sleeve surface
and the rear hub seal’s sealing lips. This will yield
greater life on the seal. Pre-load the bearings to at
least 45 ft./lbs. Use an oscillating motion when
applying torque to the castle nut to ensure that the
bearings fully seat. Once the bearings have set,
loosen the castle nut. By hand, tighten the castle nut
until resistance is felt by the bearings. Insert cot-
ter pin, and bend cotter pin around the castle nut.
IMPORTANT: After hand tightening, if the cotter
pin hole is covered by one of the notches on the
castle nut, loosen the castle nut to the previous
notch; do not tighten to the next castle nut notch.
9. For turbo lube hub units, with O-ring assembled
over turbo lube cap, fill the entire Turbo Lube cap with
either Schaefer oil, or an 80 weight or higher gear
oil. Hint: To prevent spilling oil, before filling the cap
with oil, check that the cap will thread onto the hub.
If the cap will not thread onto the hub, check that the
assembled cotter pin is not creating interference with
the Turbo Lube cap, and that the threads on both the
cap and hub are not damaged.
10. With the Turbo Lube cap filled with oil, position
the cap perpendicular to the hub with the top thread of
the cap lined up with the bottom thread of the threaded
hub. Flip cap up 90 degrees and thread the cap onto
the hub. If done correctly, no oil should spill from the
cap. Torque cap to 20 to 30 ft/lbs.
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