Thread: M324 repair
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Old 01-17-09 | 08:13 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

The problem is adjusting the bearing clearance. You have to hold the cone in place while tightening the lock nut, both of which are inside a thin tube. The two concentric thin wall sockets make this easy.

I've adjusted similar bearings using a small socket on the locknut while holding the cone steady with a small screwdriver blade pushed against it's side. This was a real trial-and-error process and took a lot of tries before I got the adjustment right.
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