elkhunter338
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I installed new axles and installed oil lube kits from Kodiak, all new bearings, seals the works.
After a 5 mile test tow I noticed the oil looked bad, what I found was metal flakes. Tested with magnet and they are not steel. They are alum from the oil lube kit.
The alum housing that drives onto the hub hit the washer that goes on before the nut and cotter pin.
The washers came with the axles where just larger than the inside of the oil lube housing. So now I have alum flakes throughout my new bearings.
Will this alum ruin my wheel bearings?
I think I will be ok if I just flush as much out as I can. The reason I believe this is because alum is softer than steel. Also as a kid I had a honda motor cycle that the timing chain wore into the alum cylinder cavity where the timing chain ran. So this put lots of alum in the engine oil. I jb welded the hole closed, fixed timing chain and ran the motor cycle for along time until I sold it with no engine failure.
After a 5 mile test tow I noticed the oil looked bad, what I found was metal flakes. Tested with magnet and they are not steel. They are alum from the oil lube kit.
The alum housing that drives onto the hub hit the washer that goes on before the nut and cotter pin.
The washers came with the axles where just larger than the inside of the oil lube housing. So now I have alum flakes throughout my new bearings.
Will this alum ruin my wheel bearings?
I think I will be ok if I just flush as much out as I can. The reason I believe this is because alum is softer than steel. Also as a kid I had a honda motor cycle that the timing chain wore into the alum cylinder cavity where the timing chain ran. So this put lots of alum in the engine oil. I jb welded the hole closed, fixed timing chain and ran the motor cycle for along time until I sold it with no engine failure.