Originally Posted by
Velocivixen
Fantastic! I like it.
I will get the bearings adjusted mostly, off the bike. Then install and tighten the nuts down tight. If that makes the bearings too tight, I loosen the nuts, leaving the wheel on the bike and use my spanners to adjust, retighten nuts, etc. That saves having to remove the wheel entirely. It's my fine tuning way of doing it.
Pretty much it. I had to adjust the left side of the S3C hub to be a bit loose, then when I tightened it up, it was just so. Took me a few times to get my "Kentucky Windage."
I did an S3C in a Raleigh Space Rider for my daughter. She doesn't quite have the hand strength to use hand brakes, so she likes the coaster. She rode it at Lake Pepin this year:
I fixed up a Phillips with an S3C for my Sister in Law:
Oh, and back to dweenk's S3C hub. Is it possible that the brake arm got rotated, so the coaster brake is dragging?