I'm putting new bearings in my '87 240 wagon and need some advice. (1st timer here)

In the hub where you install the races do you seat the race completely into the hub? I started to install the races and wasn't sure how deep to seat them.

There are 2 ridges and it seems like the deeper ridge is too deep. When I was putting one of the new outer races on using the old race to tap it in the new race went deeper than the first ridge almost to the deepest one. I'm just a little confused. Is there anyway to tell they are exactly evenly seated in the hub?

Any help, thank you very much.

John

You can't overdrive the race into the hub. As you tap it in you should be able to hear a difference when it has bottomed out against the inside step.

First make sure the outer diameter of the new races equal that of the old races, just to be sure they sold you the right bearing sets.

Carefully seat the races as deep and as straight as you can. Grease up the bearings and assemble the wheel onto the spindle. When you put the outer nut on, run it down fairly snug to finish seating the races, then back it off to where it is "just barely" snug - so that the wheel spins freely with no detectable play. (Don't forget the cotter pin.)