Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
If you don't have a caliper or bearing ruler, you can line the bearings up, side by side, on a scale.
(16) 3/16" balls will equal 3" for example. 1/2 that many will equal 1-1/2".
Use the appropriate amount & number for best/adequate resolution.
EDIT- You use the term "lock washer". Don't you mean "lock nut"?
Same number of balls/side?
(8) 5/32" balls equal 1-1/4".
I do have calipers, and I can measure them accurately, I just haven't the hub apart again yet. The "too small bearing" theory was a wild guess on my part because I did not have a better explanation. When I took the hub apart there were 10 bearings on each side and judging from the state of the grease they
should have been original? Everything looked right when I was assembling, 10th bearing took the up the last of the space, but that was with the grease.
Had a hard time finding info on a Cannondale C3 hub to confirm what bearing size
should be. Without that spec hard to tell if the ones I have are right.
Yes, I meant "Lock nut" just typed too fast. This hub just has 1 cone and one lock nut on each side, no extra spacers or washers.