Originally Posted by
rifraf
Pretty sure they are referring to holding the wheel by hand as opposed to "in the forks" which I'm gathering your talking about.
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Yes I was. Thank you.
A bearing on a regular cone and cup wheel can feel notchy when too tight, I have read of people buying a new dynohub wheel and the axle felt like that by hand, so they try to loosen the bearings to fix it. But that notchy feeling is normal with a dynohub and trying to do anything can break internal wires. I was just trying to make the point, don't do anything to the axle or bearings and put it on the bike the way you receive it.