Two possibilities that I can think of. Same CV joint? Same inner circlip? The circlip designed for the 100mm CV joints has more clearance than the one designed for the 90mm CV joints. Thus, if you use a 100mm joint with a wider circlip designed for a 90mm joint, it may lock when the nut is tightened.I had the grease escape from my left front last weekend during the Sat. race at IRP. Pulled the spindle and ran home (20 minutes) to replace the hub/bearing. Returned and put it back together, torqued the axle nut and the bearing locked. Removed the assembly, inspected and reassembled and voila! - same result. Back to the shop with spindle, removed bearing/hub and put new together. Back out in the morning, put the spindle back on the axle shaft and snugged the nut down. Same thing, locked the bearing. Lightly tapping with a small ball peen on both bearing/hub assy's freed up the bearing until they were again tightened. When I pressed the bearings into the spindle, I pressed on the outer race, and pressed the hub into the bearing using the inner race. The bearings are FAG's and the hubs are Brax. I have done this procedure a few times and this was the first time I have had this problem. Perplexing, to say the least. Anyone else seen this aggravation?
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The front bearings are sealed, but it's still possible to carefully remove the grease seals (carefully because they must be reused) and press in the new synthetic grease.[A]lso, arent these sealed breaings? The reason I ask is that someone mentioned about using synthetic grease to pack the bearings. Mabye it was the rears they were refering to.
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