Dexter bearing adjustment procedure
I totally get NOT using the EZlube fitting (ruined some brakes), Timken parts, and annual service. What I don't get is the conflicting methods being used to set the zero backlash on the bearing, i.e....
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Ron3rd wrote:Yes a tight bearing will bind and heat up and go south...but you have no idea what that "mechanic" did. You weren't there, and you're simply speculating, but you sound a lot like "a know-it-all expert mechanic in his mind". You might want to put an "I imagine" in there somewhere.Timeking wrote:
That gives me a bit of assurance. When I first had a TT back in 2007, I paid a mechanic to repack my bearings ... and everyone of them failed. Spent hours and hours pounding all the races out and re-seating. Don't ever want to go through that again.
They all failed because he was a know-it-all expert mechanic in his mind and set the bearings too tight and did not follow the Dexter procedure. A tight bearing will burn up quickly; a slightly loose bearing will not.
