Don:
In my opinion, the manual is just flat wrong in this area. You should
not be able to feel any movement in the wheel when tugging at the top.
I disregard the manual and tighten the castle nut finger tight, and
insert the cotter pin. I do not back it off 1 flat, this leaves it too loose.
I had chronic problems with my TR7 in this area, finally took it to a
British mechanic who advised me that the manual procedure was unsatisfactory.
My problem was a vibration at certain speeds, which had two causes; loose wheel
bearings and unbalanced wheels (despite spin balancing them twice!).
The loose wheel bearings were solved by not backing off the castle nut,
and the balance problem was solved by balancing the wheels *WITH* the trim
rings installed. My mechanic friend spotted the problem in about 60 seconds,
and I had struggled with them for a couple months. Needless to say, I have
followed that advice ever since.
Just my $0.000002
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Malling [mailto:dmallin@attglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 4:19 AM
To: 6-Pack
Subject: Re: Wire Wheels & Wheel Bearings
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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