Originally Posted by poopncow
gosh, how did you guys use to adjust all that stuff all the time? The machining / honing has to be perfect to get rid of all the play at all locations for a full rotation. There is just a small (.0005?) bit of play at 9 oclock and no play else where on the non drive side and play in other areas on the drive side. With the crank on and fix wheel hooked up, it spins for quite a while. just wondering if I should set the cones closer?
Yes, it's a little too loose if you have
any play at any location at all. What will happen with that looseness is the load will be concentrated on a single ball or two at that point and the wear will accelerate. Better too tight with extra friction than too loose (because it'll wear into correct specs eventually).
Due to the gap in the threads, when you tighten the lockring, it will actually pull the cup outwards slightly, thus opening up some clearance. So... with the cup adjusted just perfect so there's no play, tighten it up an additional 1/16-1/8th of a turn, then tighten the lockring, which will pull the cup back out to the previous setting of perfectly smooth. Depending upon how square the facing is and how clean the threads, this additional amount will vary.