You pretty much need a press to work on anything the limeys ever made. For
that matter, you need one when you get into the innards of anything
Japanese, American or German too. I bought a new one a few days ago--a 20
ton freestanding press, nicely made for $185, new. Hard to beat that.
-----Original Message-----
From: elliottd [mailto:elliottd@look.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 3:04 AM
To: Richard Good; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: front stub axles
When I was driving my TR3A to VTR in Colorado, 2 summers ago, I got some
help from Joe Alexander at his place in Iowa changing the front bearings.
We couldn't know if or when we bottomed the slight press-fit bearings. So
the next day, I left and at the tech inspection for the autocross in
Breckenridge, they found that the bearings were loose. By this time they
were really bottomed. I adjusted them and after another 15,000 miles of
touring, they are still fine.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Good" <goodparts@desupernet.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: front stub axles
> I recently replaced my TR6 front stub axles. I bought an N.O.S. part
> as well as a pair from Moss. I chose to use the ones from Moss because
> the new bearings fit with a "light press fit" as opposed to a slight
> wobble on the N.O.S. axle. I could not push the hub on by hand so I
> pulled it with the nut. The only problem was that it was difficult to
> set the preload as I was never quite sure when the inner bearing had
> bottomed.
>
> Richard Good
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