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Old 10-12-2017, 09:36 AM
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Pick up some thin machine bushings or washers big enough to contact the outer race of the bearings. Our farm store has them in 2 thicknesses.
Take a bearing w/you to get the proper ID
You have the good bearings for sure.

Your washer under the cap screw is pressing on the inner part of the bearing, forcing it inward enough to bind the ball bearings against the inner lip of the outer race, preventing it from "floating' on the axle shaft and riding "inside the bearing assembly, surrounded by grease. (They have to be packed)
I hope I have described this so it can be understood!!

You should have a tiny bit of "in and out" play when the cap screw is torqued down and the wheel should spin freely.
Good Luck!
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