Well in spirit w/ the wrenching weekend I stayed up til 2AM on Saturday night and was up bright and early Sunday to complete the axle assembly.
It took me awhile to figure out how to reinsert the axle into the birf w/ that pesky inner snap ring. I also spent a considerable amount of time modifing my snap ring pliers so that I could install the out snap ring.
I'm not super confident I got the wheel bearing preload set right. The FSM wasn't real clear on what to do, so I just followed Roger Brown's instructions. Which was basically to tighten the inner axle nut to 43lbs rotate 4-5 rotations forward and back...loosen nut...rotate 4-5 rotations forward and back, repeat. then tighten down to 21lbs.
The fish scale shows it takes 30lbs to rotate. Does that seem right?
After this experience, all I have to say is I never want to do this on the trail
It took me awhile to figure out how to reinsert the axle into the birf w/ that pesky inner snap ring. I also spent a considerable amount of time modifing my snap ring pliers so that I could install the out snap ring.
I'm not super confident I got the wheel bearing preload set right. The FSM wasn't real clear on what to do, so I just followed Roger Brown's instructions. Which was basically to tighten the inner axle nut to 43lbs rotate 4-5 rotations forward and back...loosen nut...rotate 4-5 rotations forward and back, repeat. then tighten down to 21lbs.
The fish scale shows it takes 30lbs to rotate. Does that seem right?
After this experience, all I have to say is I never want to do this on the trail