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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fj12ryder wrote: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.
Hmmmm... every bearing failed after "the mechanic" repacked them. "I imagine" he did not follow the proper procedure which anyone can do if one can read at a 5th grade level. But some mechanics are smarter than the Dexter engineers. BTW it's clear he set the bearings too tight since all 4 failed. But I wasn't there, maybe he did everything right and all 4 failed by coincidence . Or he forgot to add grease.
