I finally got to cruise my 58 down the street. Still working out some bugs, but what a great feeling . Which brings me to my current question. My Viking is a two ton with a two and a half ton front axle. The manual says to torque to 55 foot pounds while rotating hub and brake drum. Then, back off a 1/6 of a turn. In my attempt, I found at 55 foot pounds the castle nut is in line with the hole in the spindle. Rotated back a 1/6 of a turn per manual instruction to line up hole in spindle leaves a lot of play in the bearings. With the wheels mounted and on the ground, and rocking the top of the wheel back and forth, the play seems excessive . So, my choices are, leave 55 foot pounds of preload on bearings, or leave wheel bearings loose which seems excessive. Note that at approximately 40 miles an hour the steering wheel thrusts left and right which I am attributing to the loose wheel bearings. It is equipped with barrel roller bearings, which I just cleaned and repacked.
Rich
