Originally Posted by merdith6

I replaced my bearings and it seemed a bit tight after the clutch nut was installed too. Most everyone I asked that knows this stuff, said the bearings were not aligned properly when installed. They said I need a bearing alignment tool, like 90 bucks, great, and when installing the rear bearing you quench it with water to lock in the bearing otherwise it can move when installing the crank, causing it to bind a bit, and in my case the rear bearing went out.....