The rear hub nut only pinches down the inner race. It has nothing to do
with a bearing adjustment on the rear axle. That is determined by the
depth of the machined recess in the hub that the bearing sets in and
snugging up of the axle by the lug nuts on the hub. Sometimes there is
too much play in that arena and you tend to hear it as a funny loud
thumping sound as the wheel hops due to big bumps, pot holes, etc. You
will replace about everything in the rear running gear and still miss
this excessive clearance noise. If you have too little clearance, it
tends to manifest itself by giving you a bitch of a time stopping oil
leaks at the axle to hub seal. O-ring in good shape usually cures that.
Don't worry about overtightening the nut. Doesn't affect the bearing.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Tue, 18 May 1999 10:12:05 -0700 Gerard Chateauvieux
<pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com> writes:
>Mark,
>
>I don't see any specification for torque settings either. Make the
>nuts
>snug enough so you dont get any binding on the bearing and set th lob
>tab.
>I usually make a punch mark on the nut so I have a reference point of
>where
>it was positioned before it was removed, but that doesn't help you
>now.
>
>You don't need a longer rod. You can back off the tension by using the
>hand
>brake cable adjustment located at the bracket on the rear axle. Your
>shop
>manual should have details (mine also shows an illustration).
>
>Gerard
>
>
> At 7:25 AM -0600 5/18/99, Haynes, Mark wrote:
>>Spridgeteers- After all of the discussion of rear hubs, bearings, and
>>sealing, I got around to putting the newly refitted hubs on the mkII.
>Having
>>never done this, I found when the nuts are tightened, it causes the
>bearing
>>to lock up/run roughly. I can't find a torque spec for it, and the
>Bentley
>>manual doesn't say anything except "reassemble in reverse order". How
>tight
>>do I go with the nut? do I tighten it until it locks up the bearing,
>and
>>then back off to a free running state? I assume the lock tab is there
>for
>>just such a reason.
>> BTW thanks for all of the input even though I've just been
>lurking
>>on this subject. Special thanks to whomsoever suggested locking the
>rear
>>bearings with bearing mount if they were 'slip-fit' --one was.
>>Mark Haynes
>>'62 HAN6 RMVR
>> P.S.With the later style backing plates, the hand
>brake
>>actuator rod on the driver's side (short rod) holds the shoe in
>contact with
>>the drum. Is there a longer rod to be used with the later style
>brakes??
>
>
>G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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