-matt
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 10:57 AM |
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sierra rear hub nut torque?
ive fitted my rear hubs with new bearings, and have tightened them up as tight as i can with a small ratchet, so no where near 250 NM!
yet the wheels barely turn?
have i got something wrong here? or will they loosen up once on the road?
cheers
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 11:12 AM |
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drums or discs?
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-matt
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 11:35 AM |
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its disks
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mrwibble
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 12:45 PM |
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i'm approaching this stage, so would be interested as to how u get on.
not related to the brake calipers binding? handbrake cable?
best of luck.
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 01:19 PM |
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They need to be that tight to make sure they are running true and dont prematurely wear out I used a long bar bolted onto the hub using wheel nuts and
another long bar with the socket on and checked it using the torque wrench, wheels spin ok.
Duratec Engine is fitted, MS2 Extra V3 is assembled and tested, engine running, car now built. IVA passed 26/02/2016
http://www.triangleltd.com
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-matt
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| posted on 5/10/10 at 10:58 PM |
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no its not the handbrake or disks binding as they are not yet on the car.
i think i may try loosening it off a smidge, so that it is still nice and solid, but turns a bit more freely, then when its had a bit of use, i will
tighten it up gradually.
im not too worried about premature wear.
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/10/10 at 09:26 AM |
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Don't back it off, it's a parallel bearing and should be very tight when first fitted. It will loosen up on it's own as you use the
car. You are treating it as a taper bearing and it is totally different.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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IainL
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| posted on 7/10/10 at 11:41 AM |
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Had the same problem see link below
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=139929
After undoing the driveshaft nuts I found out I had nut pushed the oil seal into the carriers enough, after fixing this and tightening the nuts up
again, I could rotate the shafts but they are still quite stiff.
Hope this helps,
Iain
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-matt
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| posted on 8/10/10 at 03:14 PM |
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cheers, it was the oil seals, the wheels move quite freely now.
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