Front Wheel Bearings...?

[HammerDown]

Silly question and I should know better but...when I usually adjust tapered wheel bearings, I usually set the nut by just the weight of my arm on a wrench. > and it's always worked fine.

BUT...by doing so this time I'm right between the slots on the castle-nut...if I go one back I've got slight up/down play in the wheel. If I go one slot tighter well...I feel it may be too tight!

Will a heated wheel bearing expand any...?

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

Will a heated wheel bearing expand any...?

Yes, just before it seizes. :ugh Sounds to me like you're setting them up too tight- they're not designed to run with the torque you're applying. All chassis manuals explains the correct process for setting front wheel bearings.

 

[LVMYVT76]

I set them up usually with a set of channel lock pliers, adjust them tight , if hole doesn't alighn up, back off to next hole. Never had a problem with any I have done. Just make sure that bearings are correctly packed with correct grease. Thats another story.

 

[HammerDown]

I set them up usually with a set of channel lock pliers, adjust them tight , if hole doesn't alighn up, back off to next hole...

See that's just it, for some reason backing off to the next hole leaves some slop in the wheel. BTW I replaced the bearings and races last year...

I never set them up too tight (by torquing into them), but simply let the weight of my arm rest down on the channel locks...but it's almost like I need an extra slot between the snug and the loose setting...:crazy

 

[JohnZ]

There are TWO cotter pin holes in the spindle (one vertical, one horizontal) so the nut can be pinned in 1/12th of a turn increments; follow the procedure in the Shop Manual. Each full turn of the nut is .050", so you can set it within .004".