<VV> Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment

[Matt Nall]

Snug...8 FOOT LB. [ 96 in. lb. ] then back off to nearest serration for 
cotter / keeper


Matt Nall
Hanging out in Texas for a while..


-----Original Message-----
From: NICK GIER <gier.1 at osu.edu>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 2:36 pm
Subject: <VV> Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment



So I was looking through the shop manual for my 65 Monza in the 
suspension
section and I came across the adjustment of the Front Wheel Bearing 
section on
page 3-2. It said to tighten the adjusting nut to 100 lbs. and that 
improperly
adjusted bearings can cause the car to shimmy and wander which mine 
does real
bad. So I popped the dust cover off the left wheel and took off the 
retaining
ring and apparently the adjustment nut was only on finger tight. So I 
started to
tighten the nut with my torque wrench but the brake drum got real hard 
to turn
before I even came close to 100 ft. lbs. So what is the proper way to 
tighten
the adjusting nut?? I'm going to adjust the steering box next because 
there is a
lot of play in the steering wheel. Thanks for any help.

Nick
65 Monza
63 Spyder




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