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Re: Wire Wheels & Wheel Bearings

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Subject: Re: Wire Wheels & Wheel Bearings
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:18:44 -0400
I am interested in this too. I'm sure lots of us are.

Can the responses be put on list?

Thanks,

Don Malling

Acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
> Hi List,
> After a complete front end rebuild I am having a problem that I can't chase 
>down the solution to.  Well, several problems, but I will concentrate on one 
>first.  The car has wire wheels and this is the first time I have owned a car 
>with wire wheels.  When the car is sitting I can grab the top of each of the 
>front wheels and move them and it appears that there is some play in the 
>wheels.  I have tightened and retightened the wheel bearings.  The first time 
>I did it, I used a torque wrench to set the castle nut at the specified 
>torque, then moved the nut back a flat.  This method seemed to produce too 
>much play so I tightened it up a bit more.  This past Sunday I decided to 
>tighten the bearings up again and discovered the right front outer bearing and 
>race were garbage.  Replaced the bearing and race tonight.  The left side 
>seems to be a little tighter, but the right side is about the same.  Should 
>wire wheels have ANY play in them at all?  If not, does it sound as though the
 b!
> earings arent quite tight enough?  What are the symptoms of a bearing that is 
>TOO tight?  And what procedures do listers use to tighten the wheel bearings 
>the correct amount?  I might just be a bit to timid, but I would rather poll 
>the list than first rather than make a mistake.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Aaron CropleyTopsham, Maine

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