IMHO, someone has tightened the knock-ons too tight and the end of the wheel
has belled a bit, otherwise the splines from the wheels would not go so far
as to leave those marks. Of course, I could be wrong.
Safety Fast!
Gordie Bird
'62 MGA
'80 MGB LE
>
> I mentioned that I am replacing the splines on my '70 MGB.
>
> When I pulled off a front wheel tonight I was surprised to see that the
> splines had been up against the base of the hub. They have left marks
> in the hub in fact. Is this normal or was my car equipped with the
> wrong hubs up front? The grease cap also did not seem like the ones I
> have read about. I have some pictures of the hubs at:
>
> <http://www.lundgren.us/camera/MG%20Pictures/index0006.html>
> <http://www.lundgren.us/camera/MG%20Pictures/index0007.html>
>
> After having read material on how to examine hubs, mine seemed worn,
> that an the creak I was getting made me uncomfortable to drive the car.
> I stopped a while back. But I don't really have any hands on
> experience with good hubs to know how bad mine are.
>
> If you have any experience with this, please take a look at tell me
> what you think. Are my front hubs incorrect, and how badly worn are
> these hubs.
>
> (If you can tell from the pictures that is. I scraped the grease off
> so it would be clearer, but it might still be a hands on job.)
>
> TIA!
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