[Bricklin] How to fasten the front wheel bearing

Tue May 17 10:14:11 MDT 2016

All,

Thanks for the lot of good hints and sorry for late response, but som of you
got lC6st in my Spam folder...

I will try it next weekend band keep you updated.

RegardsB 

Sven Koch #2224

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Sven,

I had to replace my front wheel bearings last year, and unfortunately, the
passenger side failed after 600 km. I think the wheel nut was probably
tightened a bit too much: the nuts were backed off about a 1/4 turn (according
to AMC documentation). I inquired about that on the mailing list right here,
and according to the feedback I got (thank you again guys ;), it is supposed
to be tightened until the hub binds while turning, then backed off about a
half turn, rather than a 1/4 turn. Granted, it may depends too on how tight
the nut is originally tightened...
Eventually, when I replaced the bearings again, the nuts were tightened until
they binded (turn your disc/rotor from times to times to eliminate the slack),
but then with a half turn, the nut really felt loose, so it was rather backed
off about a third turn. I put more than a thousand kilometers on the odometer,
drove the car in the tight curves of a mountainous area and both sides have
been fine.

On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 2:17 AM, "Christopher Blizzard"
<blizzard at 0xdeadbeef.com> wrote:
>
>The Bricklin manual has something different. It says to install
>the bearings,
>tighten to 20-25 ft-lbs while turning the hub to seat the
>bearings. Then back
>off about 1/3 of a turn and tighten the bolt to 2-10 inch lbs.
>(inch!). So
>that works too.
>
>Sent from a portable phone device thing
>
>> On May 16, 2016, at 10:46 AM, John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net>
>wrote:
>>
>> At 05:46 PM 5/15/2016, sven koch wrote:
>>
>>> the 4 screws of the mounting plate for the front wheel. Getting
>everything
>>> together was not a big challenge, but now my question is how to
>> tight/ adjust the
>>> wheel bearing.
>>
>> Sven,
>>
>> Quoting from the Chilton's AMC manual,
>>
>> "Place the hub assembly onto the spindle and install the inner
>> lockring and outer bearing. Install the wheel bearing nut and
>torque
>> it to 50 Ft Lb, while turning the wheel back and forth to seat
>the
>> bearings. Back off the nut about 1/4 turn (90deg) max."
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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