So i got it back apart. Bearings spin freely so i am assuming i had it torqued down too much. When i took it apart the sleeve and seal came apart from one another. Can i still use it? Or is it ruined

Update, i took it apart and the bearings worked fine. The sleeve wasnt deformed all i just thought that it wasnt suppose to come apart so i did not know if i could reuse it. So i put it back together loosening a little. It turns out 64lbs isnt a lot. I have a 1/2 torque wrench but to get the socket i had to step up to 3/4"drive so i wasnt able to use a torque wrench. I just used a lug nut as a guinea pig to see the amount it took to turn it at 64lbs. Turns out not a whole lot. Regardless, i have load of towels in there now and it looks to be working. No leaks. I figure once the seal was set it wont come out due to gravity and weight of tub when washing.

OK good deal...........So you used the CSK 207 One-Way bearing with success?

Fine. I'll be keeping an eye on it and check in with progress or problems or to see if someone needs help. I have 4 extras shims too if folks on here need them.

I'm new to this forum, but have found it a wealth of information that your local repairman/washer salesman doesn't want you to know. That said, here goes with our Neptune washer saga:

The spin cycle on our Maytag Neptune Top Loader machine (about six years old) was getting increasingly louder, to the point it sounded like a freight train coming through the house. The local Maytag repairman quoted $1100 to fix it, including a new outer drum assembly. He recommended, however, that we just junk the machine and buy a new one. Since our machine is a bisque color that they don't make anymore and my wife loves the matching Neptune dryer, I started searching for a solution. I found your site and decided to give it the old DIY try, as I am normally pretty handy with tools. This machine has a serial number starting with 18, so I ordered a FAV6800 Bearing and Seal Kit 2 from NEPTUNE BEARING KIT REPLACEMENT & TONY TOOL RENTAL

The kit arrived yesterday and I started disassembly today. After removing the front of the machine, I removed the inner/outer drum assembly and removed the tumblers, the tumbler bearings, the clutch, the motor and belt and clutch. I then loosened the large nut from the main spinner shaft and removed the transmission.

I then drove out the lower tub bearing, which immediately fell apart (it was obviously the source of the noise). I noticed that this was actually a double bearing, one-half of which was completely ruined. I removed the shaft spacer and then drove out the upper bearing. Upon examination, I observed that the replacement lower bearing I got in the kit was the same thickness as the replacement upper bearing (and the old upper bearing as well) and was thinner than the original lower bearing. Before going any further, I decided to check with my local bearing supplier, who did not have a match for the original lower bearing. However, he did have some machine spacers that were the correct size for the shaft and four of them were enough to make up for the difference in thickness, so I thought I had it made.

I returned to re-assemble the drum, installing the top drum bearing first, which I drove in using a socket of the same size as the outer bearing race, insuring that it was fully seated. It was at this point I came up against the problem. Before installing the lower bearing, I decided to try a "dry" run of the bearings/spacer/shaft/seal assembly outside the drum to determine if I had the correct number of spacers to make up the difference in bearing thickness mentioned above. After measuring the assembly, I attempted to install the outer drum onto the inner drum with the seal installed in the outer drum. I discovered that I could not get the outer drum to go down far enough on the shaft to allow for the additional spacers (again to make up the difference in bearing thickness). If I left the spacers out, I could then put the nut on, but the drum seemed to be much more difficult to turn than I remembered it being with the old bearings. I tried backing off of the nut and even took it completely off again, but the drum still does not spin freely. Spinning it by hand results in maybe two revolutions before it stops.

My reputation of "Mr. Fix-it" with my wife is in jeopardy. Any help would be appreciated, please???