Squidder bearing cup too tight for adjustment

[steelhead_killer]

Why did the bearing cup come right out, but when I went to replace it with the same cup and bearing, it is binding to the point that I can't use fingers to adjust it.  Do side plates swell or something?  Its threads are fine, not cross threaded.  So I bought another cup.  Same problem.  Bad side plate?  These are the things I ponder...threads on side plate look fine.   

[Cortez_Conversions]

Maybe a damaged lead in thread in the plate? Try threading it in from the opposite side if you can. This may straighten the bum thread.

[Frank]

Those little tension prongs before the threads can be very tight. I have had to wrap duct tape around the bearing cap to remove with a pliers and install without marring the chrome finish.

If you're confident that you have passed the prongs and are indeed in contact with the threads and not cross threaded wrap with tape and tighten.

You can also push those prongs outward from the center but be aware that it doesn't take much to make them to loose and useless for applying tension from the cup backing off.

It only takes a minor difference in cap thickness, perhaps a little more chrome, to cause these headaches.

Frank

[RowdyW]

Those little tension prongs before the threads can be very tight. I have had to wrap duct tape around the bearing cap to remove with a pliers and install without marring the chrome finish.

If you're confident that you have passed the prongs and are indeed in contact with the threads and not cross threaded wrap with tape and tighten.

You can also push those prongs outward from the center but be aware that it doesn't take much to make them to loose and useless for applying tension from the cup backing off.

It only takes a minor difference in cap thickness, perhaps a little more chrome, to cause these headaches.

Frank

Cortez plates do not have prongs. They are all aluminum as are the bearing caps.

[Frank]

I must have missed it? I had no idea that they were Cortez plates.

[Frank]

steelhead_killer, are these Cortez plates?

Frank

[steelhead_killer]

plain ol squidder

[fishhawk]

Didn't I read on Scott's that there was a change at one time and some are very tight?
Mark

[RowdyW]

Then if the plates have prongs you might be cross threading either in the prongs or the bushing. If one starts straight the other might be off a little or vis a versa. If it came out ok then that is probably the reason.

[Alto Mare]

If you have a bearing cup from a 114H, try it just for the heck of it, but make sure you swap the bearings.

[Frank]

plain ol squidder

Yeah, that's what I thought, there was NO mention of them being Cortez plates in your description of the problem.