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Gama Goat wheel bearing adjustment procedure?

AMGeneral

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Ok,maybe I am missing it,but do the TM's downloaded on SS contain the proper procedure for adjusting the wheel bearings on a Gama Goat after repacking them?

I am going through the brakes and figured I might as well clean and repack the bearings while I am down this far.

Maybe my eyes are crossing after reading too many lines and I am missing it?
 

Jericho

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Guys, you can follow the basic TM procedure, but ive found the torque tight, spin tire and tighten until you get resistence and loosen half turn , repeat then run it and check torque in a few days works best for me .
 

dmetalmiki

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TM-2320-242-20 Has it. But the method above is good. I just tighten with wheel rotating forward gently but firmly, then ease back one locking tab.
 

AMGeneral

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Thanks guys,that's pretty much what I did,torque to 170 ft/lbs while rotating wheel,then I backed off the nut a total of 2 tabs,I didn't notice any play and they rotated easily.

3 out of the 6 wheels were VERY loose,as in I could shake the wheel almost 1/2 inch,so I defineitly was correct in packing and adjusting the bearings while I was in there.
 
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