[Spridgets] More front wheel bearings

[Ron Soave]

Sounds like you have the radius problem. The spacer should need shims, not
shaving.

--- On Fri, 8/13/10, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:

>
From: Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] More front
wheel bearings
> To: "'David Lieb'" <72spridget at gmail.com>, "'Spridgets'"
<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 9:59 PM
> So I am
to shave spacer down in the
> lathe then?
> 
> I just don't remember having
this much rock in the wheel
> after
> tightening the nut.
> 
> Come to think
of it I ordered new spacers from Moss as
> well.
> They weren't expensive and
I did not want to have to break
> down
> the old bolt hubs in case I had to
abort the wire wheel
> conversion. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
David Lieb [mailto:72spridget at gmail.com]
> 
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010
10:08 PM
> To: Dean Hedin; Spridgets
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] More front
wheel bearings
> 
> > Normally you can tighten the spindle nut and it can be
>
eliminated
> > and then you back it off a bit.
> 
> Uh, NO? Unless you have
converted to roller bearings and
> ditched the
> spacer, you are supposed to
torque that spindle nut to 36
> lb-ft for
> disk brakes, 55 to 65lb-ft for
front drums. If the end
> float is wrong,
> it can be tweaked by "adjusting"
the length of the spacer.
> Not having
> the nut correctly torqued down could
lead to some
> significant problems
> IMHO.
> David L
>
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