My son and I are in the home stretch of our first Rupp project and hope to be riding in the next week.
We bought a 72 Roadster; broke it down; cleaned and replaced old, worn out and missing parts; and now in the rebuilding phase. Everything is going together great. The back wheel bearings gave us a challenge, even using a Blind Eye Bearing Puller but we got them out and replaced. Our question is how much should we tighten the nuts on the axles? Over tightening will cause the bearings to not turn properly, not enough and the chain will loosen up on the back.
Any words of wisdom on the amount of torque I should set them at or is it just a "feel" thing and we have to play around until we get it right?
We bought a 72 Roadster; broke it down; cleaned and replaced old, worn out and missing parts; and now in the rebuilding phase. Everything is going together great. The back wheel bearings gave us a challenge, even using a Blind Eye Bearing Puller but we got them out and replaced. Our question is how much should we tighten the nuts on the axles? Over tightening will cause the bearings to not turn properly, not enough and the chain will loosen up on the back.
Any words of wisdom on the amount of torque I should set them at or is it just a "feel" thing and we have to play around until we get it right?