You really don't need a dial indicator to set wheel bearing end play. If you mount the wheel/tire and rap the tire with your first as you turn and tighten you can hear a change in the sound when the endplay is correct. If you put a dial indicator on it after you do it that way, you should find end play to be spot-on.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote: > The harbor freight digi-scale is dead nuts in sync with the post office > scale, or at least the unit I bought is. > > For the price, it's awesome. > > Walt > On May 4, 2012 8:58 PM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In 2008 I had a wheel bearing fail on my '85 190D. My Indy replaced it > and > > I asked him to repack the other one. He didn't "it hasn't failed" and a > > couple months later when we were all in go-slow mode because of an ice > > storm the other one failed. > > > > I was livid, here we're in this ice storm, I'm driving the 190D because > it > > was full of diesel fuel and I can't get gasoline for the truck and the > > *&%$#! thing is down because he didn't repack the other bearing. > > > > Fortunately I could get the bearings at my local Car Quest. I veeery > > carefully reused the existing seal and got back on the road the next day. > > That was the one when I realized I can't do a good enough job setting > > runout without a dial indicator, the bearing was good for about 6 months > > before it started making unhappy noises. Now with a relatively > inexpensive > > dial indicator from Harbor Freight I can do them what will last as long > as > > the grease does. > > > > I really like the green MB grease in the squeeze tube but I've used the > > pink Mobil 1 too. I don't weigh it, I pack the bearings and then stuff > some > > inside the hub. I've been thinking about getting a scale though, not sure > > what to get... > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:57:55 +0000 > > From: buymbpa...@gmail.com > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] WAS OT CL idiot "I am, liquefying my equipment" > > NOW Grease > > Message-ID: > > > > > > <1696065469-1336157876-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1830734658-@b25.c26.bise6.blackberry > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > > > > > But it should be done in pairs because when one first fails they both > have > > the same milage on them. I have never understood the one side at a time > > theory. After 36 years of doing this I still have customers that want to > > buy 1 brake disc, please. > > > > > > > > > > Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry? > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
