hello,
I participated last week-end to the french "Cobra Days" with AK1113, in the Limousin (center of France)... Apart from the very bad weather (excepted on Monday), I experimented what could have been a serious problem...
since the departure, the handling was not "as usual", with a bit of shimmy ... arrived in the Limousin, the situation was getting worse, and I thought at first that the steering was concerned. but, after having carefully checked that the front axle wasn't the culprit, I found that my rear right wheel was about to leave me [B)] !
it was just maintained by the disc within the caliper, and by the hub which was just lying in the upright! in fact the bolt that keep the hub pressed into the upright was totally loosen and was lying in the flange... it was not retained in any manner (no locking washer, no locking wire or locking plate ) ! how can it be done that way ?
I assume I read something like that in the Peter's restoration story, where he built a special system, but his bolt was drilled, IIRC, but mine isn't !
anyway, I used thread locking and put all the things together, but wasn't able to set the pressure load accurately... it allowed me at least to come back (still under heavy rain) and finish this 900 miles trip !
BTW, what are the bearing references, as I plan to renew them on both sides, and check this bolt problem on left side as well ...
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