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I was going to post the technique error but Ben beat me to it. BTW it's far easier to feel/sense a loose bearing adjustment (after all cones and lock nuts are fully counter tightened) if the adjustment is a tad loose. Then trial and error redo the adjustment with one side's cone being SLIGHTLY further threaded onto the axle before tightening the lock nut. Then test for slop again. The quickie method is to start a atd loose and counter tighten the two lock nuts. Usually (but not always) the cones will follow and thread closer to each other while they stay tightened against their respective lock nuts. Andy
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