Originally Posted by
dddd
I've never really noticed (or considered) any change in bearing adjustment when installing wheels having nutted axles (I set those up with zero play, with a bit of drag).
You'd know much better than I; I was only speaking from a theoretical physics/mechanics point of view (since I have no practical experience with nutted axle hubs): no change in dimension due to applied force without some elongation or deformation, albeit very small.