REFLECTOR:FG main bearing problem

Jim Agnew reflector@tvbf.org
Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:56:29 -0700 (PDT)


Tec,

Dennis has Matco wheels & brakes and they specifically say
on their web site to tighten the nut until the bearing seal
stops rotating then lock it.

Jim

--- HYTEC45@aol.com wrote:
> If your talking about how tight to make the axle nuts,
> don't worry about if 
> the bearings rotate or not.  By design, when weight is
> placed on the axles, the 
> bearings are forced outward against the axle flange on
> the inside, and the 
> nut/washer on the outside.  This will keep the bearings
> from rotating on the 
> axle.  That's the way the covered wagon was my secretary
> came out west on, and it 
> still works today.
> 
> Tighten the nut until you feel slight resistance on the
> free spinning wheel 
> to seat the bearings, then back off one castle.  There
> should be a slight side 
> (maybe .005/.010) movement on the wheel while off the
> ground with no weight on 
> it.
> 
> TEC
> 
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James F. Agnew
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Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed