Originally Posted by Turtle Speed

I had to resort to doing hub adjustments like in this video. The process basically seems to be to get both cone & locknut sets tight, with the cones somewhere in the vicinity of optimum adjustment. Then both locknuts are rotated simultaneously to tighten bearing preload, or both cones are counter-rotated simultaneously to loosen preload. But it feels clumsy that way; I have to use a lot of force, so much that when I'm finally able to budge it, my hands jerk and over- or under-adjust. I end up missing the optimal mark and have to spend 10 or 15 attempts to get things satisfactory.