Originally Posted by
Eyes Roll
Update on the temporary fix: I was able to tighten it as much as I can with a 10"/1-1/4" inch adjustable wrench. Due to the width of the adjustable wrench I could not turn it all the way in.
Water under the bridge, but tightening it may have been a bad idea. You might actually have been saved by not being able to tighten it further. Here's why:
Originally Posted by
Chuck M
I zoomed in on the first picture posted, and it looks like the fixed cup may be cross threaded.
Look closely at the top of the pic below. Focus on the distance between the "head" of the fixed cup and the face of the shell on the frame, comparing the "aft" side (left side of photo) with the forward side (right side of photo). The aft side is closer, indicating that the cup is not in straight, i.e. cross-threaded. Threading it in further may well have damaged the threads, either on the cup or on the shell.
Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
What a cluster. And on the other side, that nds arm is insanely close to the lock ring.
The reason the arm is so close is that the spindle is too far to the right. The adjustable cup was most likely turned way too far in, to compensate for the fact that the fixed cup is so far out. This shifts the spindle to the right. For this reason, it's entirely possible that the bearings are NOT extremely loose in the assembly as speculated/concerned above, so there may not be damage to the bearing surfaces. From what I can tell, the most likely damage will be to the threads on the drive side.