How To Tighten Castle Nut

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After packing bearings, what is proper procedure for installing rotor and nut on this item. Want to make sure castle nut is correctly installed. Thanks

asked by: Steve

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After putting on your brake assembly # K2HR89DE, you need to tighten the castle nut down to hand tight and then back it off about 1/4 of a turn. Backing it off will help to keep everything from tightening up on you and keeps it so that the spindle won't heat up to much from pressure.

expert reply by: Noah E

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Hey Cody, make sure the gauge wire that runs to the brake assemblies is 10 gauge like the part #10-1-1 which we sell by the foot. You also might need to burnish in your new assemblies and drums. To do that take your brake controller and set it to max…

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After you've packed the bearings and assembled everything, carefully slide the hub assembly onto the spindle and install the outer bearing. Install the spindle and tang washer and run the spindle nut down finger tight, then rotate the hub back…

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To determine the size of the brake assemblies you need you have to measure the depth and width of the hub drum on the axle like what you see in the picture I attached. The most common size is 2-1/4 inch wide like the #T4071600-500 that you…

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