Looks like Paul has had much the same experience I had. I started out
to service the front wheel bearings, including checking the hub
end-float. So I ordered the seals and a handful of shims. I recorded
the shim sizes upon disassembly for reference. Well boys 'n girls there
were a couple of bearings that looked a bit blued, so I ordered new
ones, including races. I went thru the procedure found on
mgb-stuff.org.uk, wound up with the same total shim thicknesses as
before on both sides. Now, one could say there's room for measurement
error in the method I used and I'd agree. Shux, there's room for
measurement error in any method. However, it worked OK for me. YMMV
all, but if you take the hubs off, make sure to record the shim sizes.
Cheers,
CR
Max Heim wrote:
>
> on 8/30/02 1:24 AM, Telewest (PH) at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
> > IME the old shims have been correct for the
> > new bearings as the latter are very high precision items, but YMMV so have
> > some spares handy.
>
> ...especially keeping in mind the possibility that the old bearings may have
> had improper end float... (never trust a PO!)
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
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