Try fitting some kind of lever to the hub to amplify the free-play movement,
by juggling shims you should really be able to feel the difference .001 or
.002 makes when it is right on the margin. You need to distinguish between
any play in the swivel axle assembly and free-play in the hub, greasing the
nipples should help, and having no grease inside the hub or bearings while
test-fittings helps even more. Free-play occurs with not much more than
finger-tip pressure. 'Free-spinning' with no free play is too tight.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Phillips, Frank <fwp@ufl.edu>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: Wheel Bearing End-Float
> List,
>
> I'm attempting to set the end-float on my front wheel bearings and am
having
> trouble grasping when it is correct. It seems to me that .002 - .004" of
> end-float is too little to tell by moving the hub, it's not too far from
> zero. When swapping shims trying to identify the zero end-float point what
> should it feel like? How subtle a difference is "free spinning" and
> "starting to bind"? I understand the process but am having trouble with
> determining when it is right. Thanks...
>
> Frank Phillips
> fwp@ufl.edu <mailto:fwp@ufl.edu>
> http://plaza.ufl.edu/fwp/mgb.htm <http://plaza.ufl.edu/fwp/mgb.htm>
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