To fit the front hubs to the shaft of the hub knuckle do these require pressing on or should they just slip on initially with the nut to press them on the hole way.
The reason i ask is that i have two brand new hubs to fit to the driftworks geomaster hub knuckles. Only when i mate them up they appear to have a very close tolerence. I don't want to force them on and then find that they don't go the hole way and shag a £150 hub (thats before shipping and import duty from japan) trying to pull them back off. I've measured the knuckle shaft and the bearing with vernier calipers and there the exact same measurement, nothing between the two. I no they should be tight otherwise the centre inner race of the bearing would run around the shaft which wouldn't be good. But expected a slight difference in size. I'm just wondering if the knuckle shaft is slightly on the too big side.
Any thoughts would be most appriciated.
Alan
The reason i ask is that i have two brand new hubs to fit to the driftworks geomaster hub knuckles. Only when i mate them up they appear to have a very close tolerence. I don't want to force them on and then find that they don't go the hole way and shag a £150 hub (thats before shipping and import duty from japan) trying to pull them back off. I've measured the knuckle shaft and the bearing with vernier calipers and there the exact same measurement, nothing between the two. I no they should be tight otherwise the centre inner race of the bearing would run around the shaft which wouldn't be good. But expected a slight difference in size. I'm just wondering if the knuckle shaft is slightly on the too big side.
Any thoughts would be most appriciated.
Alan