Folk have been getting very het up in here and I don’t think there’s been any real disagreement. Just some folk saying “you’re not supposed to expect it to do X” and others saying “yes, but it can do X” 🙂
Here’s something to try. Do your little plastic cap up finger-tight to preload the bearing, fit NDS crank, torque to recommended setting, and then try and undo that finger-tight cap.
Then tell me it’s not taking any load
It’s being pinched by the pinch bolts, which are squeezing the tube of the axle. I always, without fail, try and undo the torque cap before releasing the pinch bolts, ’cause I’m a numpty.
I’m going to leave it
I don;t think there’s any shame in removing oneself from a thread when it’s getting a bit repetitive 😉
And good luck OP, if you keep everything nipped up it’ll hold on for quite a while.