Subject: RE: front axle bolt
Author: Fred Sahms
Date: Mar 24, 2003, 6:33 AM
Post ID: 1712358445
Disc or drum, no matter how tight you get the axle nut, it shouldn't
matter to the bearings, because you're only bearing on the inner races
and center spacer. If when you tighten the axle nut the wheel becomes
hard to spin, there is some other problem, like poorly shimmed tapered
roller bearings. The disc wheels have sealed ball bearings and should
be affected even less.
Chris Berry wrote:
| Just my $.02. If you have a disc brake model, I don't think torque measurement is the way to go. I get the pinch bolts tight, then tighten the axle bolt while spinnig the front wheel until I get to the point where the wheel stops. |
73 Eldo
78 T3/949