Adjusting hub bearings (was) Re: [CR]Dura Ace Quality

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:57:52 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Adjusting hub bearings (was) Re: [CR]Dura Ace Quality
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At 02:42 PM 9/21/04 -0700, Steven Willis wrote:
>Ahhhhh. Most of the time I get people that hubs burnt out it was because
>they set it too tight or never changed what the factory set. All QR hubs
>should be a little loose because the QR squeezes it in. A lot of good
>mechanics still get this wrong.

Instead of relying on "A little loose" I always slip on a pair of old dropouts, and lock the QR before checking bearing adjustment.

Mark Stonich;
BikeSmith Design & Fabrication LLC
http://bikesmithdesign.com