Barney,
You saved me a lot of time and aggravation with your tremendously
informative web site! Thank you very much.
The only problem I had was with the left side axle nut being opposite
threads as the right. I figured it out about an hour before I opened your
e-mail. Tomorrow I will change both seals, with your web site as guidance.
Thanks again,
Chris Oster
San Antonio, Texas
65' MGB
-----Original Message-----
From: Barney Gaylord [SMTP:barneymg@ntsource.com]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:53 PM
To: Oster, Chris
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rear axle hub bearings
At 04:07 PM 10/4/99 -0500, Chris Oster wrote:
>I need to replace the oil seal on my rear, banjo type, axle. The
problem
is in removing the bearing that is in front of the seal. How do you
get the
bearing and or the seal out? I assume that you align the notches in
the
races to remove the balls of the bearing. ....
STOP RIGHT THERE! Do not attempt to disassemble the ball bearing by
removing the balls. Ball bearings are not designed to be
disassembled.
You need to remove the bearing from the hub without breaking the
bearing.
The good news is that I have a nice picture tour of the process on
line.
This was derived from working on an MGA, but the MGA axle is nearly
identical to the MGB banjo axle around the wheel hubs. Go here and
have a
look:
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg/mgtech/rearaxle/ra101.htm
Good luck,
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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