Originally Posted by rydabent

david

Wrong!!! Preloading a bearing causes the races to deform, that will eventually destroy the bearing. As someone pointed out you need to slightly preload the bearing, and then when the lock ring is tighten it brings the bearing back to zero clearance or slight clearance. Simply put, a preload is a bind. Binds use up power that should be driving the bike forward. Why would you want a bind in your bearings? Preload will squeeze out all the lube also which is not good.