Subject: RE: front wheel bearing shims
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Jul 14, 2003, 3:24 AM
Post ID: 1713756884
Mike,
Shims come in different thicknesses. Really the procedure is to insert the
shim and torque the wheel nut and see if the the spacing is correct. When I
did mine I set up a jig on the workbench so I didn't have to keep installing
the wheel on the bike to test.
If you can measure how much the nut is turned from perfect setting to too
tight (when at torque value) then you can measure how thick a shim to use.
What I mean is if your axle nut is a 12 x 1.5 pitch then I believe that the
nut will move 1.5mm in for every full turn. Half a turn is .75 etc...
Let us know how you make out. I will be doing this all in the near future as
I get the two Eldos up and running.
...Ian
| -----Original Message----- From: Michael Jones [mailto:mjon-@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:25 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: front wheel bearing shims 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! ===== 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com |