Axle 8 3/4 end play adjustment

StrokerScamp said

That sounds right. BUt you know......what I've always wondered.........those original bearings are tapered roller bearings. In EVERY other application tapered roller bearings have to have preload. I wonder what makes things different in the rear axle?

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It's probably the length of the axle it's pressed on. When you heat something that long, it's bound to grow a bunch. Oh, and I don't preload the front bearings either. Just turn the nut finger tight and put the cotter pin in. I got 250K on my last trucks front bearings and the one I drive now has 152K and still has the originals in it.