Tighten Rear Wheel Adjusters After tightening Rear Axle Bolt?

Boscoe · 07-15-2014, 10:28 AM

What do you folks do to the adjusters after tightening the rear axle? do you tighten them down? How tight?

Byron · 07-15-2014, 12:48 PM

i center punch the thread so thay don't loosen

Peg · 07-15-2014, 03:23 PM

Once they're adjusted so your belt tension and alignment is exactly right - you just tighten up the lock nut on the adjuster. Don't move that adjusting nut (the front one) even a fraction of a millimeter or it'll affect the alignment.

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07-15-2014, 03:23 PM	#3
Peg Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: West Coast, North Island, New Zealand Posts: 1,375	Once they're adjusted so your belt tension and alignment is exactly right - you just tighten up the lock nut on the adjuster. Don't move that adjusting nut (the front one) even a fraction of a millimeter or it'll affect the alignment. __________________ Nothing screams poor workmanship like wrinkles in the duct tape '02 1500 blonde Nomad (Sold) '97 800 burgundy Classic (Sold)
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