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Re: bearings

To: <JERTIGGER2@cs.com>, <Ajhsys@aol.com>, <WSpohn4@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: bearings
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:42:52 -0500
>Guess what. The bearings go on nicely only problem is the tapered roller
>bearing is approximately 1/8 wider so the rotor doesn't go on as far and
when
>bolting the brake calipers on it wont fit. That is  with locally purchased
>tapered bearings.

Guess what.  You are right.  My brakes still fit, though.  I drove the car
that way for about three years, with many autocrosses on sticky tires.
Worked fine.  The slight misalignment did not seem to hurt anything.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/
"Kids haven't lost the feeling that the sense of wonder is more important
than wondering what makes sense.  And if that doesn't define what it takes
to like British cars, I don't know what does." -Scott Fisher

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