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Clbmkr1 · Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Wind Point, Wi.

Guys,

My Haynes Manual says to tighten the spindle nut while rotating the wheel until its snug, then loosen 1/2 turn.
Is this correct? Why loosen it? It seems too loose to me.
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Paul · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject:

It needs to be slightly loose. You should be able to move the washer with a screw driver when you're done.
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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

It will expand as it heats up, too tight and you could cause excess friction and potentially have a failure of the bearing or worse.
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!tom · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject:

Some related discussion here.

In my experience, a bearing a bit too loose will fail more quickly than a bearing a bit too tight. You'll find the majority of the advice here will, as above, recommend a fairly loose bearing.
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