Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:04:32 -0500
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From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1988 GL - FW Bearings: How tight is tight - How loose is
loose - How Hot is hot?
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Thanks, Volks, for your input.
I've done a bit more testing with this and get the same results. Come
Monday I'm looking for a new bearing set. There is something wrong with
these. I hate having to re-do a job like this - but in my illustrious
mechanical career - I've been down this road before. Just part of the
game. Glad it doesn't come often. That would not speak well of the
mechanic. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to mechanical work,
and believe in getting it right the first time. So things like this
really frustrate me.
Thanks again,
John
On 4/6/2013 6:38 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> What Don said. Back off, drive, replace if still hot. If they are hot, you
> are going to have to replace them at some time in the near future anyway,
> so you might as well start looking for bearings.
>
> Don't be afraid of a little, like a sixteenth inch, of wobble in the wheel
> when it is jacked up though.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> They should not be too hot to touch. I'd try backing the nut off one
>> "flat" see if that make them run cooler. If they are quiet and feel smooth
>> when you put your fingers inside and turn them by hand...I bet they are too
>> tight...
>>
>> When I adjust wheel bearings I like to 'just' feel the slightest movement
>> when I grab the wheel, top and bottom and try to rock it.... If I feel no
>> movement at all, and the wheel feels slightly draggy as you turn it in the
>> air.....I consider that too tight and I back it off slightly.....
>>
>> I used to run those Open Highway rallys at very very high speeds, and
>> wheel bearings were something I tried to learn about....it takes a bit of
>> 'feel' that you learn....the way all the books describe to adjust the
>> tension is pretty vague.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:31 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My question: How tight is tight - How loose is loose - How hot is hot?
>>>
>>> Just installed new FW bearings on my rig. All seems proper - BUT -
>>> after a run I cannot put my hand on the hub or around it is so hot -
>>> both sides.
>>>
>>> I have done many wheel bearing changes on many vehicles including
>>> airplanes - races, bearings, lube, the works. Per Bentley I seated the
>>> bearings then backed off the spindle nut so there was play in the keyed
>>> washer. Then I peened the nut. But the wheels don't turn well, and as
>>> said - they get hot as ol' Rip. No growl, no smoke. I did have a bearing
>>> three years ago that was bad right out of the box. First time for that.
>>> But that particular new bearing growled from the get-go. Not these.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking serious about replacing these new ones with more new ones
>>> but from a different source.
>>>
>>> Sure would appreciate the collective wisdom of The List on this problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John R
>>>
>>
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