How did I break a spindle

[2sticks]

Anybody ever see a spindle break like this? Was going down the road about 60mph. Drove perfect right up til this happened. Trying to figure out what went wrong

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[Hipster]

No pics of the outer bearing? Looks like it disintegrated and chewed up the spindle. Kind of hard to believe there was no noise or wobble before it completely let loose

 

[Supercharged111]

That grease looks pretty fresh, did you recently have that hub/rotor off and put it back on with the wrong preload? They're damn picky, I got it wrong once and it wasn't long before I was headed back to the parts store.

 

[GarrettGmc]

They dont always make noises. Had a customer with a Polaris Rzr that thought he just needed a new seal on the front driveshaft come to find out that the bearing had blown apart. That thing had zero noise whatsoever.

It definitely looks like that bearing failed.

 

[2sticks]

I did change bearings about a month ago, it was my first rodeo but I used YouTube and went step by step. I was sure everything was going back together correctly but I am sure not above making a mistake. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a noise or a wobble either. Will sure make a man paranoid haha

 

[JimFixes]

So, what amount of preload did you put on that castle nut? How tight did you crank it down?

 

[Hipster]

I did change bearings about a month ago, it was my first rodeo but I used YouTube and went step by step. I was sure everything was going back together correctly but I am sure not above making a mistake. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a noise or a wobble either. Will sure make a man paranoid haha

New bearings and new matched same brand races right? You didn't mix and match brands or new bearings on old races?

Just have to ask.

 

[nyceguy01]

New cheap lowered Spindle ?

 

[2sticks]

New bearings and new matched same brand races right? You didn't mix and match brands or new bearings on old races?

Just have to ask.

i think you nailed it. good chance this is what happened. lesson learned. is it ok to use the races that come with a new rotor? because if not i got more work to do.

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

i think you nailed it. good chance this is what happened. lesson learned. is it ok to use the races that come with a new rotor? because if not i got more work to do.

Yes.