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  1. DavidWymore

    Wheel Bearings - Preload Question

    When doing the hubs on my '62, I found the tricky part was that the second nut would push the first nut in on the slop in the threads and tighten the bearings tighter than my initial adjustment, so some fiddly trial and error was necessary. Indicator is definitely the way to go for schooling...
  2. DavidWymore

    Wheel Bearings - Preload Question

    I live on the Mexican border. I once had a 5th wheel RV trailer come in with extremely loose wheel bearings that couldn’t be tightened. Mismatched bearings and cones. Guy had just had them installed....in Alaska. That proved to me that loose is better than tight...but like menaces you want...
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