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Originally Posted by tooblekain
So where exactly did you shave your captive spacers? on the sides or the backside of the spacer that faces towards the inside of the wheel/bearings?
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I don't have captive spacers. I just have the stock spacers. It's the rubber dust seal that goes on the outside of the bearings in the hub I'm talking about. There's no reason to have a captive spacer on the wheels. That setup automatically causes drag.
The inside edge of the dust seal that touches the spacer. That's the surface that rubs the spacer when the wheel is spinning. I shaved it down so there's no contact. It means your spacers don't stay in but there's no resistance caused by the seal. Just a little trick I learned. Same thing as not over tightening your axles. Use the safety pin to your advantage. Over tightened axles cause drag. There's absolutely no reason to use an impact to tighten them down.