I put about 2 miles on this truck every 3 years, so I'll leave the old ball bearings in there. I did leave the inner bearing in place, cleaned them and repacked. Seems to roll just fine. However, now I have this nagging feeling that the grease shield (the metallic disc that is the very first thing you put back on the axle when reassembling), may be off-center, because it is not self centering and due to gravity.just hangs on the axle. So i'm going to take the wheel and hub off again to make sure that disc / shield is centered. Probably a waste of time, but unless pushing the hub up against it causes it to center, then it's probably hanging off-center. Thanks for the confirmation that it's OK to not punch out the inner bearing.
