Matt Kulka wrote:
> >>> Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net> 03/02/98 06:10pm >>>
>
> <<Rule #2: Join the 90's; toss the shims. That is, modern tapered
> bearings are meant to have some side loading so omit the shims, grease
> everything up real good, and tighten down the castellated nut good and
> hard like you do on American cars. Then back up at least one quarter
> until a hole aligns for the cotter pin.>>
>
> So did you replace the ball bearings with tapered bearings, or just
> adjust your ball bearings as though they were tapered bearings? If the
> former, how did you figure out which bearings to use, and would you
> share the information with someone who's too lazy to figure it out
> himself?
Buy new wheel bearings today and they will be tapered.
Bob Allen, Kansas City, various cars in disrepair.
"Buses stop at bus stations. Trains stop at train stations. On my desk I
have a workstation."
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