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Hub grenade or overtorqued bearing?

SkinnyPedal

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SkinnyPedal NPORA Veteran

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After a series of stuff breaking, I was finally driving the truck home from the shop today when I smelled something burning. Unfortunately, I kept driving until I heard and felt a clunking. I got out and checked the passenger side hub and it was smoking...and as you might guess, incredibly hot to touch.

 

It got towed back to the same shop as I didn't want to start ripping stuff apart before they looked at it again. Question is, did this shop overtorque the bearing (not loosening the nut off after seating it) or are those symptoms more consistent with my hub blowing up...and by some strange coincidence within a few miles of leaving there? :confused:

 

 

Any thoughts are appreciated...

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What work did the shop perform on the Pathy. If it was an oil change I would say not. If they removed the bearings probably. It will be hard to hold them accountable unless they are reputable guys. You might start by offering to pay parts if they eat labor to fix. Some guys will do that if they know they probably monkeed it up.

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Simon NPORA Old-Timer

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Unless they took the hub apart to get at the upper ball joint (for a puller) I can't see any reason they'd have to be in there for what you had done. Ask if they had the hub apart, and if so, maybe they did overtighten the bearing. If not, you may have to expedite the Warn manual hub purchase.

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They did snug up the bearing as there was some play (as well as an alignment, fuel pump, sending unit, tightened up a TRE nut...I think that's it :blink: )

 

It's my first time dealing with this shop and the guy was decent enough to cover a tow back to his shop so he could have another look...

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That's not too bad.....

 

So you fuel pump died afterall?

 

Hopefully if they were good enough to cover the tow, they'll be good enough to admit if they did something wrong.

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