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Front wheel bearing lube

12-06-2008, 04:36 AM

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Front wheel bearing lube

Remove the front wheels (after jacking and supporting the vehicle of course) Remove the adapters, remove the brake calipers and support them on the adapters on the ground. Take a 5mm allen wrench and GENTLY remove the ABS sensor being careful not to damage the O ring. Take your greasegun hose tip off and replace with a rubber nipple(available at NAPA) Put Synthetic grease in the grease gun. Hold the nipple to the ABS sensor hole tightly and pump it full of grease. Turn the hub to distribute the grease. Pump it full until grease comes out around the seal. New seal will be harder to pump past. Do this to both front hubs/rotors. Replace the ABS sensor with O ring gently. Torque specs are in the service manual available from Geno's as are the directions and torque specs for removing the adapters and brake calipers. I don't have air tools so this is an all afternoon job for me. I have been doing it twice a year and have 332k on my truck.(2wd dually)
Enjoy Grady

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