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Beagler

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The official Caterham guidance for the front hub nut is as follows:

'Torque castellated nut to 8lb/ft or 11Nm. Back off nut if required until castellation lines up with a split pin hole in the stub axle.'

Give the wheel a spin to settle the bearings.

Check for any play by grasping the fitted wheel at 12 & 6 o'clock & rocking vertically.

It may be found that backing off the nut will reduce the bearing pre load to a point where there may be play. If so the alternative is to tighten the nut to the next hole. If the next hole is within one castellation then this should be fine.

Check for play again BEFORE fitting split pin.

Fit the split pin in the safest way - head either to top or facing forward. The pin holes are usually horizontal & vertical.

 

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Lots of people suggest doing them up without any pre-load, but that really does reduce the life of them. Pre-load spreads the loading evenly around all the rollers - it's a 'cruel to be kind' type mentality, so take Caterham's advice and pre-load them to the 8NM. 

 

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