<VV> Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment

[Shaun McGarvey]

AHHHH Nick! Sorry to say, but you've probably ruined that bearing.
The 100lb torque is for the yoke on the rear wheel spindle on a Late Model, 
I think, but I've never had to mess with one. The fronts are just finger 
tight, basically. Use a wrench, and while spinning the wheel, do it up to 
about 5lb. then back it off until the nut just cracks loose then snug it 
slightly again and put in the cotter pin.
You can try that bearing again, but it may be cracked or deformed. I'd 
replace it, they're cheap and pretty easy.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NICK GIER" <gier.1 at osu.edu>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 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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