I know who------contact me off line and I'll be HAPPY to tell you.
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/1/2007 12:23:29 PM
> Subject: RE: wheel hub stub-dust cap
>
> 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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