front wheel bearins loose agian

front wheel bearins loose agian! I tightened them a little over a year ago. So after church tomorrow I'm gonna tighten them agian. Any helpful hints would be wonderful.. Thanks

 

Do you have both nuts, and the 2 keyed washers in each side? Have seen them put together with only 1 nut. Been a year, may as well repack bearings.

 

are you torquing your lock nuts? I never have issues with my wheel bearings coming loose. It should go smaller keyed inner washer, adjustment nut, larger keyed outer washer, and then lock nut. Many people bend the larger outer washer over the lock nut as a second locking method. I personally don't. With the amount of mud and water we have here it is common to pull the front wheel bearings apart and clean them multiple times a year.

 

Yep, I have the 2 nuts. Dont remember if I have the 2 washers though. I'll check that when I repack & retightin them. Thanks

 

Huh. I thought all of these had the bendy washer. I don't remember repacking without bending over the washer.

 

tim,

don't your bearings have an inner keyed washer? not a lock washer, just one that is keyed?
mine also have the outer bendable lockwasher. to the best of my knowledge, the inner washer isn't meant to be a lockwasher, just a spacer to be sandwiched between the bearing and the inner nut.

wally