Hi Bill,
These hubs should fit identically as the Morris hubs. They use the same
bearings. The distance piece should always be left out now when fitting new
bearings. You then adjust the bearings in the conventional manner. What
bearings did you use? Type and part numbers, please!
Paul A
The
BillSvale@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Listers: I bought a pair of Spridget hubs from a parts car and had a
> machine shop press new bearings into them. Something doesn't seem right when
> I put them on the car. It doesn't seem to push on far enough onto the
> spindle and the split pin holes are not visible. I suspect that I either
> have the wrong bearings or they were installed with extra seats. Also,
> should I be using the old "distance piece" from the old hub that slips over
> the spindle and floats between the two bearings? I am baffled and I my shop
> manual is not much help since it refers only to the original drum brake hubs.
> Thanks for your help. ---Bill Langdell '57 Morris Convertilbe
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