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Originally Posted by drpepper1885
My late 31 Victoria has the Rocky Mountain style front hubs. After replacing the bearings and races and spinning the hub to "preload" the bearings, I still have some in-and-out movement on the hub. It is about 1mm of movement. Is that close enough or should there be no movement? If I tighten things down to eliminate the movement, then everything binds and the hub barely moves. With the movement, the hub spins fairly free with little effort.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks from Houston.
Mike Hanson
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A hair on the loose side is better than too tight.
You might get a better fit by switching nuts with the other side.