[Civil_War_Buff]

I decided to take a look at the wheel bearings to see if they were OK, and it has been a year since I repacked them. Anyhow, I used the approved process of pre-loading by tightening the nut to 50 ft-lbs and then backed the nut off and hand tightened. My question for this forum is, when I finger tightened the nut the locking tab fell perfectly at a nut slot, so I locked it down there however ther is no "slop" in the nut in that I cannot move the nut back and forth, yet the wheel spins freely. Is this OK? Or should I loosen the nut to give the spindle some end play? I am preparing to hit the road on Friday, so a quick response would be appreciated.