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C. Install brake hose clip onto cap screw. Secure
spindle to A--arm hub with cap screw and lock nut.
Torque fasteners from 75 to 100 ft--lb (102 to 135
N--m).
2. Install tie rod:
A. Insert tie rod ball joints down through the spindle
and up through the Pitman arm. Secure with castle
nuts.
B. Torque castle nuts from 20 to 25 ft--lb (28 to 33
N--m) to secure ball joint while aligning castle nut slot
with hole in ball joint stud. If necessary to align holes,
castle nut torque may be slightly more than specifi-
cation. Install cotter pin.
3. Assemble wheel hub (Fig. 7):
A. If bearing cups were removed from the wheel
hub, press inner and outer cups into the hub until
they seat against the hub shoulder.
B. Pack both bearings with grease. Install inner
bearing into the cupon inboard side of the wheelhub.
IMPORTANT: The wheel hub seal must be
pressed in so it is flush with the end of the hub.
The lip of the seal must be toward the inner bear-
ing.
C. Lubricate the inside of the new seal and press it
into the wheel hub.
D. If brake rotor was removed, position rotor to hub
with chamfered edge toward hub. Apply Loctite #242
(or equivalent) to socket head screws and secure ro-
tor to hub.
4. Slide wheel hub assembly onto spindle. Install outer
bearing, tab washer and jam nut onto spindle.
5. Rotate the wheel by hand and tighten the jam nut
from 75 to 100 in-lb (8.5 to 11.3 N--m) to set the bear-
ings. Then, loosen the nut until the hub has end play.
6. Again, rotate the wheel by hand and tighten the jam
nut from 15 to 20 in-lb (1.7 to 2.3 N--m).
7. Position nut retainer over jam nut and install cotter
pin through spindle shaft hole. Install dust cap to hub.
8. Install brake caliper to spindle (see Front Brake Cali-
per in this section).
9. Install wheel assembly with valve stem facing out.
10.Lower machine to ground.
11.Torque wheel lug nuts in a crossing pattern from 45
to 65 ft--lb (62 to 88 N--m).
12.Align steering and toe--in (see Adjust Front Wheel
Toe--in in the Adjustments section of this chapter).
13.Lubricate tie rod ball joints and king pin.