James92SE

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I'm putting new wheel bearings and hubs into a spare set of knuckles that I have. Cleaning up the knuckles after pressing everything out I notice one of them is a little marred.



I've read on the interwebz over the years of knuckles/spindles with similar issues being described as destroyed/worthless/unusable. But it seems to be this is somewhat irrelevant. I mean, there's no movement at all between the knuckle and the outside of the bearing outer race. I can't understand how this would affect bearing life in any capacity. Am I missing something? Just want to make sure I wouldn't be "wasting" my new bearings and hubs by pressing them into these knuckles.

asand1

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It'll be fine. Looks like someone was pressing a bearing in at some point and got it cockeyed in there. Use some grease there and go slow keeping it straight. When they get angled they start gouging the knuckle.

chrissly

I know how to replace them, but just wondering if I could have done something wrong. Also if anyone knows how much it would cost at a Dodge/Chyrsler dealership to have both front wheel bearings replaced with an alignment can you let me know? I'm Germany so I can't just go to one.