47-55.1 Wheel Bearings on 1954 Chev 3100

[mr48chev]

That was installed correctly. It has to go clear down and seat against the flat surface. I usually pack the ball bearing set it in the outer race, put a bit more grease in on the balls and then set the inner race in it. sometimes you have to jiggle the inner race because you have to find that spot the balls let the inner part of it slip past.

When you adjust it you want it to be neither tight nor loose. That is the way I was taught 55 years ago and it has worked well ever since. Tighten the nut on the spindle until it stops but you don't put any load against the bearing, back it off and go lightly until it stops but again no extra tightening, back it off to the next slot in the castle nut if you need to. As long as the bearing is good to start with and you packed it right you won't have any trouble.

As far as packing goes I put some grease in the palm of my off hand and pull the bearing though the grease pushing grease though the cage and around each ball or roller working my way around the bearing. Also I never upon never wash a bearing I intend to use again in solvent. You can't get all the solvent out and it prevents grease from sticking to the bearing right. The only ones that I wash are ones I want to show to a customer to show them that they were bad and had to be replaced.