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Originally Posted by barry1982
I'm not exactly sure what "torque" the big nut needs to be, but I have always done mine "just a little more" than finger tight. An old timer told me that if you tighten too much, it will take out the wheel bearings, too loose and you will have play. The bearings/races are dirt cheap for these old girls. Just make sure you buy good quality bearings (made in USA) and pack properly with grease.
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Yeah I may just get new rotors with the races already installed. Just want to make sure I'm not fixin something that ain't broke.
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Originally Posted by oldpurple
Is it possible the spindles are wrong? I may be wrong, but I think I've read something about the 1" vs 1.25" rotors having different sized wheel bearings...
Shop manual procedure for front wheel bearings is to torque the nut to 12 ft. lb while spinning the wheel forwards. Then back it off to just loose, then tighten it by hand then loosen no more than 1/2 flat to line up a slot with the hole in the spindle.
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Yeah these are spindles for 1.25 rotors ( which is what I have). I believe that I have them torqued properly. Shouldn't the play disappear if the brakes are held if its the bearings or is this not always true?