Originally Posted by
davei1980
YEP! and makes adjusting the locknut pressure on the bearings easier too!!
By 2-3 adjustments you mean tighten drive side, walk back and tighten non-drive side (2 steps) repeat if necessary, correct?
Just making sure I wasn't doing it wrong (2 steps, good tension, wheel centered) on the red bike which JUST got put together by me (see my signature)
Yeah. I have one bike where I just pull the wheel back and to the left chainstay, tighten the right, center the wheel, tighten the left and it is pefect 90% of the time but that is a rare luxury. My Mooney has a lesser crankset and is fussier about the adjustment (and it depends on just where on the crank position I start) so it usually takes 2-3 tries.
Now I have adjustment screws on my winter bike's dropouts. That one is really easy. Wheel back and to the left until it hits, Tighten the left, rock back until the right makes contact and tighten.
Ben