Originally Posted by
AndiF
What do you mean by "when I mount the wheels and tighten the nuts"? How far are you tightening? The nuts should only be tightened to the point where the wheels still spin freely. So just losen the nut a bit until the wheel is spinning freely again...
If it's not about the nut being too tightened, check if the kingpin is not touching the inside of the wheel (this you might have to check anyway...)
Rgds,
Andy
I
was tightening quite a bit. However the point at which the wheels stop turning freely is only where the shaft is about half way through the nut, i.e. the threaded portion has only just bit into the nylon inside the nut. At this point the wheels run freely, any further tightening and the whatever resistance increases to the point where the wheels will not turn unless with reasonable force applied.
I am worried that as soon as I've run a few laps one or both wheels are going to decide to travel in different directions to the rest of the car!!
Neither the king pin or the springclip is close to the inside of the rim.
Could it be the wheel itself? I'm using Jaco tyres.