Barney,
Thanks for the reply. I am already using new bearings (including
replacing the races), so it appears that I will need to take some
material off the spacer if I want to reduce the endplay. I have access
to a machine shop. What do you suggest as an optimal method for taking
off spacer material? How much should I remove?
I confess that I am a bit mystified that this should be necessary,
unless the endplay has *never* been right on the car.
Jim
Barney Gaylord wrote:
> At 10:50 PM 7/11/03 -0400, James Feyrer wrote:
>
>> .... putting in new front wheel bearings..... When I assemble the hub
>> with the spacer in between and *no shims* I still have noticable free
>> play in the hub. The free play is such that I can noticable rock the
>> hub from side to side.
>
>
> Been there a few times. The proper repair is to replace the wheel
> bearings, even if they don't look bad. Read this:
> http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/driveline/0402/jasw.html
>
> We had another similar case on an MGB at our spring technical seminar.
> The bearings and races looked okay, but still left slop even with no
> shims. With no new bearings handy in hand, the expedient fix was to
> grind a little bit off the length of the inner bearing spacer, followed
> by shimming according to prescription.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://MGAguru.com
>
>
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