Carroll -
The only purpose of the shims is to align the caslte nut with the hole. You
should only be using 2 or 3 shims at the most ~ a couple thou in thickness
only.
Sounds like to me you have way to many shims on the car.
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 5/22/06, B&C Phillips <bjcap@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
> Ive got a new front hub and when shimming it out Im using about 3/16 in
> worth of shims and still cant get it to stop spinning . All other parts
> are
> there, new bearings ( japan for outer and germany for inner) distance
> piece
> is perfect. stub spacer has a slight wear ( only about 2or 3 thou). The
> other new hub was bad as the inner bearing race just fell into its seat (
> literally)
> Im wondering was this a bad set of hubs or is there something Im missing.
> This is the first time Ive ever had this situation.
> Any similar experiences ?
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