Cleveland Wheel Shims

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:37:03 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:54:12 +0900, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:59:20 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:33:17 -0800 (PST), stol wrote:

On Nov 24, 12:00 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
I need to add some shims to the axles of my Fly Baby to reduce the side-to-side
movement of my wheels (the axles aren't threaded at the end, the wheels are held
on with a cross-bolt through a bushing).

I think you've got something wrong there ron.
the shims need to bear on the inner races and when tightened by the
split pinned nut the taper roller bearings need to have no slop but
also no preload.

Check my description...there *is* no nut to tighten. The wheel slides on, then
a short piece of tubing (which I called a "bushing" but have been corrected to
term a "collar") slides onto the axle as a retainer. There's a cross-hole
drilled through the collar and axle, and an AN-3 bolt goes through to hold them.
There's no threads on the axle, and nothing to tighten. See:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/wheel.jpg

Ron Wanttaja

the solution is not to add shims but to put in another cross drilling
for the bolt through the outer tube to move it in snug again. say at
30 degrees to the existing cross drilling.

make a little jig to position the drill. looks like an easy task.

Stealth Pilot