aiyana7.3
IDI Enthusiast
In short, the back right hub on my 1992 ford f250 with the sterling 10.25 keeps coming loose.
(Before I get into what all I have done to the truck, heres the back story. My dad bought it used in 1993 from a dealership. It only had around 50,000 miles on it. While my dad owned it, there wasn't anything done to the rear end besides the brakes.)
The long story is that awhile back the back right bearing broke while I was driving the truck and the axle came out of the housing until the axle was just barley in the housing.
After that, I replaced all of the bearings, races, and axle nuts and everything seemed fine for a month or so. The only thing was that there was a strange spacer type ring that was between the back right hub and the brake backing plate that the other side didn't have. Since the truck did 250,000 miles with that ring on it I assumed it was ok to leave it. I did notice that when everything was back together, back right drum and wheel was sticking out just a little further than the other side.
Then, a month or so later, while under the truck I noticed that the back right tire was completely soaked in diff fluid. So I took everything back out to replace the wheel seal and all the brake components.
The weird thing is that when I took everything out, they're were metal shavings all over the inside of the hub. I found that the strange spacer type ring that was sitting in between the hub and brake backing plate was torn up and was causing the shavings. So I left it out. When I put the hub back on without the mystery ring, theyre were difficulties torqueing the axle nut down. The instructions I had said to torque it to 65 pounds and back it off 5 clicks. After I reached 65 lbs the axle nut was not even in contact with the outer bearing yet and the hub was still very lo0se. After I torqued it to 100 lbs it was still not touching the outer bearing. I found that the extension of the socket was being push so far into the axle housing that it was beginning to bind and prevent the nut from being torqued. I switched to a different socket without this extension and was able to get the axle nut to seat the bearings after about 85 ft lbs. After that, the wheel was no longer leaking fluid or sticking out too far.
After a month or so of driving it, I found that the back right tire was again soaked in diff fluid. When I pulled of the tire I found that the hub was loose (which I assumed is why the wheel seal was leaking.) I torqued it back until the wheel was tight and drove it about 3 miles. When I jacked it up again to check and see if everything was tight I found that it became loose again.
What is going on with this Axle? How do I tighten it and ensure that it stays that way?
Sorry for all the information, I figured it might help to know the whole story. Thanks in advance for the help.
(Before I get into what all I have done to the truck, heres the back story. My dad bought it used in 1993 from a dealership. It only had around 50,000 miles on it. While my dad owned it, there wasn't anything done to the rear end besides the brakes.)
The long story is that awhile back the back right bearing broke while I was driving the truck and the axle came out of the housing until the axle was just barley in the housing.
After that, I replaced all of the bearings, races, and axle nuts and everything seemed fine for a month or so. The only thing was that there was a strange spacer type ring that was between the back right hub and the brake backing plate that the other side didn't have. Since the truck did 250,000 miles with that ring on it I assumed it was ok to leave it. I did notice that when everything was back together, back right drum and wheel was sticking out just a little further than the other side.
Then, a month or so later, while under the truck I noticed that the back right tire was completely soaked in diff fluid. So I took everything back out to replace the wheel seal and all the brake components.
The weird thing is that when I took everything out, they're were metal shavings all over the inside of the hub. I found that the strange spacer type ring that was sitting in between the hub and brake backing plate was torn up and was causing the shavings. So I left it out. When I put the hub back on without the mystery ring, theyre were difficulties torqueing the axle nut down. The instructions I had said to torque it to 65 pounds and back it off 5 clicks. After I reached 65 lbs the axle nut was not even in contact with the outer bearing yet and the hub was still very lo0se. After I torqued it to 100 lbs it was still not touching the outer bearing. I found that the extension of the socket was being push so far into the axle housing that it was beginning to bind and prevent the nut from being torqued. I switched to a different socket without this extension and was able to get the axle nut to seat the bearings after about 85 ft lbs. After that, the wheel was no longer leaking fluid or sticking out too far.
After a month or so of driving it, I found that the back right tire was again soaked in diff fluid. When I pulled of the tire I found that the hub was loose (which I assumed is why the wheel seal was leaking.) I torqued it back until the wheel was tight and drove it about 3 miles. When I jacked it up again to check and see if everything was tight I found that it became loose again.
What is going on with this Axle? How do I tighten it and ensure that it stays that way?
Sorry for all the information, I figured it might help to know the whole story. Thanks in advance for the help.
