Wheel bearings too tight?

Big Black Hawk · 02-23-2022, 07:29 PM

Hello everyone ive been lurking for awhile now and have a question. How tight should the wheel bearings be when spun with your hands? I have a severely beaten 2020 hawk with ~900 miles on it I just bought for $300.

My first step was to replace tubes, chain and sprockets and when checking out the wheel bearings they are VERY hard to turn with my finger although they do spin fine with no notch/ noise. Is this normal?

Also are the sprocket bolts normally torqued down so much? I broke a socket (and almost a finger) trying to get them off and im starting to suspect red Loctite was used on original installation.

02-23-2022, 07:29 PM	#1
Big Black Hawk Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 1	Wheel bearings too tight? Hello everyone ive been lurking for awhile now and have a question. How tight should the wheel bearings be when spun with your hands? I have a severely beaten 2020 hawk with ~900 miles on it I just bought for $300. My first step was to replace tubes, chain and sprockets and when checking out the wheel bearings they are VERY hard to turn with my finger although they do spin fine with no notch/ noise. Is this normal? Also are the sprocket bolts normally torqued down so much? I broke a socket (and almost a finger) trying to get them off and im starting to suspect red Loctite was used on original installation.
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