bearing help needed.

[denviks]

hi all, i have a question to ask but i will explain why i dont know the answer first  :oops: ...it will make scence honestly

i have a K reg discovery 1993 200 tdi. it is how i bought it over a year ago mechanicaly. i havent changed anything like that.  in march i had both front wheel bearing collapse on me in a big way on the motorway ....i didnt have time to replace them myself so put the disco in to local garage to do the work. they got the bearing kit in the next day and bu the end of the day i had my truck back...all felt ok

now this is where the problem arrises. i have had a vibration in the truck for a while......about a weeke after bearings were done....ish.i couldnt understand why the 2 locking nuts on the bearings kept lossening themselves.......

i have this setup from the outside in

locknut
lock washer
locknut
bearing

what i need to know is there a spacer misssing better locknut and bearing?

i can take pics of the axle if needed....im not 100% sure if its a 200 or 300 axle.... :?

reall need your help guys as i dont want to keep driving it at the moment

[wizard]

Hi
Did you flatten two edges of the lock washer ?
Tighten the inner lock nut, check the torque setting or do it tight enough so that the hub spins without any play (ie quite tight).Put the lock washer on and then the lock nut. Do this nut up very tight.
With a chissel, knock over part of the washer onto the inner locknut, and bend out the opposite side of the washer onto a flat of the outer lock nut.

regards
wizard :twisted:

[denviks]

Hi
Did you flatten two edges of the lock washer ?
Tighten the inner lock nut, check the torque setting or do it tight enough so that the hub spins without any play (ie quite tight).Put the lock washer on and then the lock nut. Do this nut up very tight.
With a chissel, knock over part of the washer onto the inner locknut, and bend out the opposite side of the washer onto a flat of the outer lock nut.

regards
wizard :twisted:

hi mate......yeah we did that mate but in 146 miles its worked loose again..... :?  :? looking in the haynes book of lies it says there is a spacer behind the first nut you put on  :?:

[Disco Inferno]

there should be a heavy washer, i think it has a flat onthe inside to locate on the stub axle,
then there should be a nut, you use this to load the bearings up
then the lock washer, again this should have a flat inside to locate ont he stub axle
then the locknut

[denviks]

thanks mate.just as i thought...i am missing a washer on the inside      ...seems the first garage that did the job may have ditched it