hi , who does em up that tight the weel is hard to turn, and who leaves em that loose that the wheel is sloppy?
mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:55 AM Subject: Re: Brake Rotor Change > > Mark, and others. > > Before i begin, i dont like to shoot some one down in flames, or seem to > have a go at them, as this is not my intention here. But i can not endore > this method of doing wheel hubs/discs at all. This is a pet hate of mine. > > The hubs from the car, i'll assume they are the 1600's, will have a torque > setting from the book, Off the top of my head i dont know it. It doesnt > matter what discs are on them the torque settings will still be the same, > as you are torquing the hubs to the stub axles not the discs (either bolted > ones or floating ones) > > Further to this there will also be a split pin and a hexagonal shield over > the nut to stop it from coming undone. > > The torque settings are determined from the factory by studying the bearing > crush under load. The conical cage and roller bearing are designed to have > a certain force holding the cages together so that the rollers can do their > job and roll along. > > If you crush the cages too tightly together then the rollers will have way > to much friction on them and will over heat and wear out very quickly, > regadless of how much grease you put in there. > > If you do them up too loosely then the rollers will not roll in the manner > that they are designed to, they will slop around, you will get very sloppy > wheel movements and again they will wear out much before they are ment to. > > You must follow the torque settings, roll grease right into the bearing, > fit them with out dirt and crap in there, and tighten them to the specs. > Place the hexagonal shield over the nut and put a new split pin through the > hole and bend the longer pin over the head of the nut. > > Follow this and you'll never have any troubles. > > Again, i dont mean to jump on any ones toes, and feel free to comment back > on this, but i feel that i do need to correct this point. > > Chris S > > > mark krawczuk writes: > > > hi, what i do , and have NEVER had a failure is: make sure bearings > > have enough grease. titen the bearing up pretty firm, then slacken off > > till its just loose. > > then get the correct spanner, and using one or two fingers , pull on the > > spanner till it stops with gentle pressure. then with a little more > > pressure pull on the spanner a bit harder then it will stop. i leave it > > like this. > > > > its a little hard to describe exactly how much pressure to put on it , > > but if you follow the above , and mess around a little with it you`ll > > see what i mean. > > > > mark k > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jimmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:57 PM > > Subject: Re: Brake Rotor Change > > > > > > > how do i do this? > > > > > > what happens if i just tighten em up? > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:41 PM > > > Subject: RE: Brake Rotor Change > > > > > > > > > > When you put the rotor back on make sure you adjust the preload on the > > > > bearings... > > > > Don't just tighten them up... > > > > Seen it happen.. > > > > Iggy Sandejas > > > > Sydney NSW > > > > Datsun 1600 FJ20t > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Michael Foreshew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2001 16:25 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: Brake Rotor Change > > > > > > > > > > > > Nat, > > > > > > > > It appeared to be fairly simple but never can be quite sure. I didn't > > > think > > > > to change the bearings but that is a great idea. A little bit of > > > > preventative maintenance. Thanks > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > --- "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >--- Na thats a bout it! I would look at changing teh > > > > >wheel bearing since the disc is off the car! Just a > > > > >idea! Its a pretty simple process. Theres no real > > > > >trick to it! > > > > >Cheers NAT > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > > >Listen to your Yahoo! 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