tighten up front wheel bearings?
#3
There is a castle nut that holds the rotor onto the spindle. It has a cotter pin through the spindle that prevents the nut from turning.
The nut is NOT supposed to be really tight. If it is, you could bind things up in a major way.
To do a quick check, pop off the grease cap and inspect it. Wiggle the rotor back and forth and see if there is play there. (Not sure if there is an official way to inspect this other than removing the brakes, but I am sure someone will provide that explanation if I am way off base.)
If so, you will probably need to pull the rotor (and hence the caliper) to get the cotter pin out. You may be able to pull the pin with it in place, but IIRC it is set sort of deeply inside the rotor.
If you do have to pull the brakes, buy new bearings and do the complete job as you will be 90% plus of the way there.
The nut is NOT supposed to be really tight. If it is, you could bind things up in a major way.
To do a quick check, pop off the grease cap and inspect it. Wiggle the rotor back and forth and see if there is play there. (Not sure if there is an official way to inspect this other than removing the brakes, but I am sure someone will provide that explanation if I am way off base.)
If so, you will probably need to pull the rotor (and hence the caliper) to get the cotter pin out. You may be able to pull the pin with it in place, but IIRC it is set sort of deeply inside the rotor.
If you do have to pull the brakes, buy new bearings and do the complete job as you will be 90% plus of the way there.
#4
I know on mine, it took a 4ft cheater pipe to break the castle nuts loose. O_O
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