I’ve had a set of white Tuff 2’s with sealed bearings for a couple of years now and even tho they’ve been fitted to a couple of my builds i’ve never ridden on them.
I picked the rear out of the cupboard today and tried to spin it in my fingers and it felt seized. Out came the spanners and slackened the locknuts a little and the spindle started flapping about in the bearings.
What’s more the spindle is bent !!!.
So what’s the score with these?
They use a different sized spindle on the rear with different sized t.p.i. compared to the front. Why is this ?
The bearings are not the right size to hold the spindle snugly, so they wind the nuts down over-tight against the bearing face. To stop them rattling.
It was an easy fix by fitting a standard spindle in it’s place, which fits perfectly in the bearings.
Plus at least now i won’t need two seperate spanners to undo the front and rear wheels.
It’s not really the point tho. It makes the standard Skyway package seem cobbled together.
Is this a normal problem with these newer Tuffs with the sealed bearings? G.
