I am interested in this too. I'm sure lots of us are.
Can the responses be put on list?
Thanks,
Don Malling
Acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
> Hi List,
> After a complete front end rebuild I am having a problem that I can't chase
>down the solution to. Well, several problems, but I will concentrate on one
>first. The car has wire wheels and this is the first time I have owned a car
>with wire wheels. When the car is sitting I can grab the top of each of the
>front wheels and move them and it appears that there is some play in the
>wheels. I have tightened and retightened the wheel bearings. The first time
>I did it, I used a torque wrench to set the castle nut at the specified
>torque, then moved the nut back a flat. This method seemed to produce too
>much play so I tightened it up a bit more. This past Sunday I decided to
>tighten the bearings up again and discovered the right front outer bearing and
>race were garbage. Replaced the bearing and race tonight. The left side
>seems to be a little tighter, but the right side is about the same. Should
>wire wheels have ANY play in them at all? If not, does it sound as though the
b!
> earings arent quite tight enough? What are the symptoms of a bearing that is
>TOO tight? And what procedures do listers use to tighten the wheel bearings
>the correct amount? I might just be a bit to timid, but I would rather poll
>the list than first rather than make a mistake.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Aaron CropleyTopsham, Maine
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