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mopar head said
OK you just confused the crap out of me with that statement.
I still need it cause I been using the old nut and left out the seal untill it`s determined I don`t need to reshim or not.
Maybe I went about this thing completely wrong, maybe I should explain the whole process I took to set this thing up?
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Your setting the preload of the bearings. You don't count what the the seal adds. It'll quickly wear in and loosen up. And as long as your torqueing the big nut down properly the preload won't change. If you didn't torque the nut down the preload isn't set up correctly now.