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To: triumphs@autox.team.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Fwd: which way does bearing face?
From: Dan Buettner <danb@thelittlemacshop.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:49:50 -0600
>I'm reassembling my rear axle hubs today, and in the Haynes manual 
>it says that the inner (roller) bearing should be installed by 
>tapping on the lettered (not radiused) side.  Fine.  But from which 
>direction is one supposed to tap?
>
>Maybe a better way to ask is ... which direction should the letters 
>ultimately face -- in toward the diff or out toward the hub?
>
>
>Anybody else buy the d*mn VB u-joints that include a 3/4" long 
>grease zerk?  Well, the zerk interferes with the travel of the 
>joint.  Anybody see a problem with simply removing the grease zerk 
>until it's time to grease again?
>
>Dan Buettner

Sorry folks -- might help if you knew what kind of car!  This is on a 
'77 Spit 1500.

Dan


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