Hub Bearings End-float or Preload ?
The manuals for early cars calls for 0.10mm (0.004") End-float but for later cars they changed it to Preload…
My hubs were a mess, someone was there before me and one side had excessive play but the other side had zero.
In my extensive research in the archives I found no definitive answer…
The fact the I saw recurring though was that bearings that were set with the desired End-float had the tendency to increase it after some time as they set in.
So I decided to go with a very slight Preload, and I have set them with my torque scale to a about 2 lbs.in of drag, almost identical to the seal drag.
Next big question was if I should use Locktite on the stub axel splines or grease / anti-seize.
As mine had not any Locktite, and no evident signs of wear or clunks, I decided to go with grease for the great benefit of ease of disassembly.
