Trouble getting the right cup and cone hub adjustment

Asked by: Donna Wilson

How do you adjust a cup and cone hub?

Quote from video: Down the lock nut by hand onto the cone. If done right the axle will feel a little rough at this point. Now use your cone wrench to tighten the cone against the lock nut. It should be tight.

How tight should hub cone?

For quick-release type hubs, snug the cone down until it contacts the ball bearings, and turn back counter-clockwise one quarter turn (90 degrees). This will purposely make the bearing adjustment too loose. Hold cone with cone wrench and tighten locknut fully.

How do you fix cup and cone bearings?

Quote from video: Some more grease over the bearings. And carefully slide the axle back in engage. The power wrist again to install the cones. You want to make sure that your threads are equally spaced.

How do you tighten the rear wheel cones?

Quote from video: Screw the cone in or out to tighten or loosen the bearing on the freehub. Make small adjustments and check the bearing between. Each.

How tight should a bike hub be?

You want your rear axle very tight. 150 in/lb is about standard. If it is not tight it will allow the rear wheel to move around and it ties your rear triangle together. Basically the whole back of the bike will feel sloppy.

How do you adjust hub spacing?

Quote from video: And then when I release the tension on this it'll come back in and what I need to do is repeatedly keep pushing out farther and farther. Until. It finally comes to rest at 130 millimeters.

Can you over tighten a hub?

No. Over tightening won’t put more of a strain on the bearings in this sort of design. You should’ve torqued those nuts down quite a bit.

Can you over tighten a hub nut?

Hub Assembly Installation Tip

Responsible for attaching the wheel to the car to allow the wheels to freely turn during steering, the wheel hub bearing is susceptible to damage due to overtightening the axle nut during installation.

What happens if you over tighten a wheel hub?

“Excessive preload will cause excessive friction and the bearing will run hot, compromising lubrication and eventually leading to flaking (material coming off) at the large end of the rollers/races,” he says.

How do you tighten a cup and cone bottom bracket?

Quote from video: This is easiest with a lock ring spanner that fits the notches on the ring. Exactly you can also use a universal tool with one tooth or tap it round with a hammer and an old screwdriver.

Why does Shimano use cup and cone bearings?

One of the main reasons why Shimano continues to use cup and cone is the ability of the bearing to “displace axial and radial loads effectively”. Subsequently, there’s less stress on the bearing system when the bike moves from side to side.

How do you put a bearing in without pressing it?

Quote from video: There's a little crevice there so you can actually shove it down in there when it comes to grease and wheel bearings or ball joints the more the merrier. That there's not enough depth.

How do I know if my rear hub is too tight?

Registered. It’s the outside nuts that end up contacting the frame, must be the locknut on the drive side?. If those get too tight, the wheel doesn’t spin. If they are too loose, the wheel wobbles.

Can you over tighten quick release?

you cant overdo it. You definitely can over do it and it can potentially cause damage to the qr lever if you do. The cheaper open cam skewers can be nearly impossible to over tighten, or even get tight enough unless you lubricate the interface between the lever cam and the concave washer though.

What can I use if I don’t have a cone wrench?

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How do you adjust a cup?

Quote from video: Side of the cup. Liquid. Or dry solid twist the knob to the left until the top of the plunger is aligned with the measurement marking fill the measuring cup and scrape off the excess.

How do you shim a swivel hub?

Quote from video: Between the top of the pin and the body to lift it correctly. Right okay well we'll carry on from here. Right so we got shims from our packet.

How do you install cup and cone bearings?

Quote from video: Now about bearing preload. The cup and cone bearings. Work by having the the cup. And the the cup and the cone. Hold the bearings in between each other the bearings are here they are trapped.

How do you measure hub center to flange?

Quote from video: That is centered between the two lock nuts to the flange is going to be the same on either side. So all you need to do is measure the distance between the flanges and divide by two.

Does the center bore size matter?

If the diameter of the hub collar is larger than the central bore, it will be impossible to fit the new wheels. On the other hand, if the center bore is larger than the diameter of the hub, the wheel can be fitted, but unwanted diameter differences will be problematic.

How do I know my hub size?

Hub Flange Diameter – The distance across the hub’s flange from hole to hole.

Here’s how to measure these distances:

Figure out the distance between the lock nuts (where the hub sits in the dropouts) – 100 or 110 mm is typical for the front. …
Take that number and divide by 2.
Then measure from the flange to the lock nut.