Rear Hub bearing uneven resistance

[Matthew Abate]

I just torqued my rear hubs down after replacing all of the bearings and seals and have different results from one side to the next.
I had the bearings removed by a local shop, cleaned and repainted everything, bought brand new bearings and seals, and had the same shop press everything back together.
The parts sat on my bench for a month and then yesterday I torqued the spindle bits down to 190#s.
Both are more difficult to turn by hand than I expected, but the left one gives uneven resistance, which tells me something is wrong.
I don’t think it’s the bearings because it seams to be in the same spot in the rotation every time and that shouldn’t happen if I had a flat spot. It would travel around the axis, right?
I’m going to see if I can spot a runout problem, but baring a bent spindle can anyone think of what could be happening here?

[Zed Head]

A funky distance piece would do it.  Or a strut casting.  Or a combination of funk in both.  The distance piece is supposed to get the balls centered in the races but it sounds likes yours is a bit short for the casting.

 

[zKars]

Don't panic yet.

Occasionally when this happens to me, I just disassemble, clean the hub ledges where the bearings seat, clean everything that will touch again, and re-assemble. Usually straightens up and flies right. No biggy