A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au wrote:
> I replaced all the wheel bearings on my TR7, according to Haynes (5 ft-lb,
> then back one flat). Some months later, I developed shimmy at 75 km/h. It
> took me a while to discover the wheel bearings were too loose. I
> re-tightened them until they felt right (bugger the manual), and so far - so
> good.
I can give you an easy answer, the wheel bearings need to be tightened
up untill you have a specific amount of endfloat. You also need to
recheck it when the felt washer settels in, after a couple of months.
If you can't mesure it, tighten it up, untill it dosent wobbel then back
it off abit untill you can put a split pin through.
If you have to use more than 5 foot pounds, ether your threads had it,
you haven go the bearings in right or your hub has warn. In which case
put in a new hub.
As for Bill's problem,
if it's like mine, only less severe.
Take your hub off, and have a look at the track, if it's loose in the
hub, then you need a new hub. What probebly happend is the DPO did not
notice when the bearing seased, and concequently ware away the hub.
--
James Carpenter
Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
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