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05-25-12, 09:37 PM
I needed to change a freehub body on my 2010 Ksyrium Equipe, and in the process the axel had to be removed and remounted.
The relevant Mavic manual includes this step:
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4) Tighten expansible bearing support ... until it's in contact with the bearing, and the loosen it one half turn.
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Well, when I do loosen it half a turn after contact the axel ends up with free play. However if I keep it tight at or beyond contact with the bearing there will be increasing friction (discovered this when I first did a wrong install by tightening it somewhat hard, which led to noticeable friction)
What's the right thing to do here?
The relevant Mavic manual includes this step:
...
4) Tighten expansible bearing support ... until it's in contact with the bearing, and the loosen it one half turn.
...
Well, when I do loosen it half a turn after contact the axel ends up with free play. However if I keep it tight at or beyond contact with the bearing there will be increasing friction (discovered this when I first did a wrong install by tightening it somewhat hard, which led to noticeable friction)
What's the right thing to do here?