Subject: front wheel bearing shims
Author: mjon-@yahoo.com
Date: Jul 11, 2003, 6:24 PM
Post ID: 1713736224
Hi, all. I'll be installing wheel bearing adjusting
shims in the front wheel of my ambo soon. I've not
done this before: it has no shims in it, and if I
torque it to the recommended ~100ft/lbs it locks up,
so I have been tightening the axle nut only until it
stops spinning freely then loosening it up a mite.
This has worked for thousands of miles, but I am
always fearing that the nut will rotate off sometime,
or that the bearings will wear out prematurely from
being misadjusted. Would anyone like to explain to me
how to know how many shims to use, and how the
adjusting procedure goes in general?
Thanks!
-Mike 969 Ambo)
ps - My bike is finally on the ClassicGuzzi page!
Please everyone, go admire it - I am so proud of my
bike!
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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga
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