Originally Posted by
Dfrost
I’m also a fan of using a pair of cone wrenches on opposing hub cones to ever-so-slightly loosen if too tight, or a pair of 17mm wrenches or whatever fits the locknuts to ever-so-slightly tighten opposing locknuts.
+1 For lock nuts, I prefer 17mm box wrenches as they can be very tight and you have full access to engage all six corners of the nut, no need to slip the wrench into a thin slot like for the cone flats.
When I OH a hub I ensure that the DS lock n cone is very tight and only disassembled the NDS lock nut n cone set. Makes hub service easier for me. On the front hub I put a wee dot of paint on the NDS cone to keep track of it.