ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
The rear hub on my MTB was sounding a bit rumbly, so I stripped it down and regreased everything today.
Although I'm used to adjusting cup & cone bearings properly, on this wheel I struggled to get the lock nuts tightened against the cones, as the cone disappeared too far into the hub body to allow me to get my cone wrench onto the flats.
At the moment I'm banking on the compression from the quick release skewer holding the lock nut in place, preventing the cone from backing off at all (and I'm further assuming it's unlikely to spontaneously creep inwards binding up the bearings).
Does this sound like it should work OK?
It's still not ideal as I use this bike in the car a lot and have to take off the rear wheel to do so, so I'd be fiddling with the cone adjustment every time I do up the quick release.
Although I'm used to adjusting cup & cone bearings properly, on this wheel I struggled to get the lock nuts tightened against the cones, as the cone disappeared too far into the hub body to allow me to get my cone wrench onto the flats.
At the moment I'm banking on the compression from the quick release skewer holding the lock nut in place, preventing the cone from backing off at all (and I'm further assuming it's unlikely to spontaneously creep inwards binding up the bearings).
Does this sound like it should work OK?
It's still not ideal as I use this bike in the car a lot and have to take off the rear wheel to do so, so I'd be fiddling with the cone adjustment every time I do up the quick release.