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Originally Posted by Jim Brierley
My 1935 Motors Manual says you should feel a light drag on used bearings and a heavy drag on new bearings. I would not remove the nuts, but if no drag is felt, I would tighten them just enough to get a slight drag. Keep in mind the outer nut will change the drag when it is tightened. these rear ends do not require a rocket scientist to work on them.
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Jim , I could not agree with you more that it doesn’t take a “rocket scientist”. While I am a hot rod Chevy guy who loves my 28 model A more than all my cars and am/ have been , learning the quirks and specialties of working on my car every day for years I can’t help but think after reading a ton of posts about everything on the A forums that there is a lot of over thinking about stuff… granted some things are more specific to some things on an A than other cars the basic principles to me are very similar to vehicles in general. When I put my Mitchell in I set it up by feel and it has been working perfectly for 5 years and about 10,000 miles. Am I wrong in this assumption? And yes, I do know what happens when you assume��