martinmalley
CEG'er
So I knew it was a bit "soft" but I let it go a few months. Just long enough to wipe out both front tires. So I finally get a new bearing pressed in (which meant the 18-year-old daughter had to car pool/share with mom, which led to hours of "why now whinning").
The axle wasn't sliding through the hub on the return install, so I drew it though with the axle nut.
Trip to the tire store, bearing worse than before. Check the axle nut: loose. After tightening, now the bearing just as bad as before. Rats.
So, either I damaged the new bearing pulling the axle through or driving it 10 miles with the axle nut improperly torqued. (A quick call to the machine shop: dude says the hub and spindle looked fine and everything went together as it should have.)
So now I'll have to pull it apart again and repeat (more whinning sure to come). This time, my strategy is to clean the hub gear (teeth?) and the spline to make sure it axle can move in and out the way it should.
To all this, I say rats again!
The axle wasn't sliding through the hub on the return install, so I drew it though with the axle nut.
Trip to the tire store, bearing worse than before. Check the axle nut: loose. After tightening, now the bearing just as bad as before. Rats.
So, either I damaged the new bearing pulling the axle through or driving it 10 miles with the axle nut improperly torqued. (A quick call to the machine shop: dude says the hub and spindle looked fine and everything went together as it should have.)
So now I'll have to pull it apart again and repeat (more whinning sure to come). This time, my strategy is to clean the hub gear (teeth?) and the spline to make sure it axle can move in and out the way it should.
To all this, I say rats again!