I was taught to measure it by grabbing the top and bottom of the tire and moving it back and forth (top in while bottom out and vice versa) to check for the amount of deflection. Should be very little. iirc less than 1/8" but I maybe someone else can chime in here since I've only done the bearings a couple of times and only did the check the 1st time which was 5+ years ago. the 2nd time we did the bearings because they were worn and noisy.

HTH.

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