Need help with locking hub

I had a set of wheel bearing go bad on my front axle (85 M100 so i took the hub apart and ended up having to replace to spindle. I put the new bearings in and torqued them to spec, but after ass. the locking hub, it sticks out too far for the o-ring to seal (about a 1/16th of an inch).
Anyone know why this happened. Do i need to wrench on the inner bearing nut to force it in further? Everything else went together rather easy, but this is being a . Any help or advise would be much apperciated.

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take a pic of the inside of the hub and I will try to help. it could be that you have the lock down nuts in wrong or not tight enough.

DID YOU reinstall the outter snap ring, the one that actually holds the the inner piece in so that when you tighten the screws down it tightens all the way up. One thing you do not want to do is crank down ont the outer spindle lock nut( torque to 85 ft lbs i bleieve). It really has nothing to do with the lock out sitting flush. If installed correctly the nut will not stick out past the end of the spindle.

If you have both (one on axle shaft and one close to outer edge of hub) snap rings in place, and it is not mounting flush, try rotating it. There should be 3 taps on the outer part that fit in 3 slots on the inner part. Make sure these are lining up good, not broken off etc.

Also, when you reistalled the lock nuts and washer. Did you make sure you lined the pin on the inner nut up with a whole in the washer? If for some reason the nut is sticking out past the end of the spindle this could be why, but really there should be several threads still showing even if they werent lined up

Hope this helps

I need a diagram of the hub I just did them on my ford and had the same problem sort of.

red devils dude said:

I need a diagram of the hub I just did them on my ford and had the same problem sort of.

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The hub or the lock out?

the whole assy

I am going to try and finish it today, will post pics if i can't get it to work.

Muddubber yes i installed both snaprings. With both nuts on tight they are flush with the end of the spindle, i remember when i took it apart there were several threads left at the end.

hmmm....you didn't happen to get a spindle off a ford dana 60 did you? They are shorter. Also, I am trying figure out how get just the pages with the exploded view of the hub and lockouts. Kinda computer illiterate.

I checked the dimensions of the new spindle with the old one before I put it together, and they match. Could the difference in the thread at the end be beacause the old spindle bearing combination was worn out?

Take it back apart, your rotor isnt on far enough. Might have to file on the spindle a little bit.