Got my hook spanner made today -- had to go to Home Despot for a hole saw & I forgot to check at the car store if they had one! Oh well, its functional in a cro-magnon sort of way.
The spindle bearings are tapered roller bearings, similar to front wheel bearings on a car. I had visualized a process where the bearings are a light press fit, and the nut (for which I made the hook wrench) is used to adjust the tension.
If I want to use than nut to adjust those bearings I'm gonna have to REEF on it -- something is wrong here! No way is that going to provide an adjustment, and I have trouble believing that anything so high torque would be designed with such a nut.
So, am I wrong? Is this normal-sounding? If things _are_ too tight, do y'all have any suggestions?
Thanks.