can someone please explaing this

[rtaylor0830]

when you repack bearings and you put hub back on i have heard you tighten down the nut to seat the bearings than loosen it, than retighten to finger tight is this the proper way.

[da_bees]

Yup,pretty close.
I would only add,tighten the bearing down is somewhat subjetive. You only tighten it lightly wrench tight while slowly spinning the wheel.
Stop spinning wheel,loosen nut half round,finger tighten to last hole that will recieve retainer.
If you wrench tighten as you would the lug nuts,the bearing will likly be deformed and soon catastorply fail.:S

[Vulcaneer]

rtaylor0830 wrote:
when you repack bearings and you put hub back on i have heard you tighten down the nut to seat the bearings than loosen it, than retighten to finger tight is this the proper way.

Pretty accurate. Except when you first torque the nut down, you should be spinning the tire, while tightening. That seats the bearing in the race, and equalizes the pressure on the balls and races. Then back off the nut, before figure tightening. I then try to tilt the tire top and bottom to feel how much slop. should be just a very little. A little loose is always better than a little tight.