Mark, I don't remember who the vendor was of the hubs with oversized bearing
cavities but others might. I bought my new hub adapters from Hemphill's
Healey Haven. The left one seems fine, but the right one causes the rotor
to wobble enough to bind on the brake pads as it rotates. I have not
contacted Gary Hemphill about it yet, but since it has been over a year
since I bought and installed the hubs I don't expect much satisfaction at
this point. Maybe he will surprise me. Why did it take me so long to
figure it out? Well, I don't drive the car ever day, there are other things
that take up some of my time, it's a mighty pain to remove and reinstall the
hubs, and my first and second efforts at solving the problem were to have
the rotor turned, not expecting that the problem would be the hubs. Given
all that, time has a way of slipping on by.
Anyone in the market for new hubs should make sure that everything is in
good shape when they are installed, and be aware that there are some
apparent machining discrepancies in what is available out there.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark and Kathy [mailto:mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:08 AM
To: BJ8Healeys; list
Subject: Re: wheel hub stub-dust cap
OK, we're all family here. Who are the venders? Or should we all go
through this problem over and over and over again.
Personally I would make a phone call to the sales rep before heading down
this path and just ask if they remember the problem and whether or not it
has been corrected.
Thanks Guys, Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
To: "list" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:20 PM
Subject: RE: wheel hub stub-dust cap
> Bill, it would appear that the problem is with the hub adapters rather
> than
> the dust cap. About a year ago it was reported that one of the vendors
> was
> selling hub adapters with the bearing race cavities oversized so that the
> bearing races were too loose. Knowing that, I purchased my hub adapters
> from another source and from then on I had an annoying chirp from my right
> front wheel due to the brake pads binding on the rotor during part of the
> rotation, even after having the rotor turned twice on a lathe. The
> conclusion is that the bearing cavities in the new hub, while not
> oversized,
> are apparently also not machined correctly. The chirp and the rotor
> wobble
> immediately disappeared with the same bearings and rotor in my old hub.
> Somebody out there is having trouble machining the hubs the way they did
> 40 - 50 years ago. Mine, by the way, were manufactured in Brazil.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC
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