Once upon a time there were some postings on how the Lotus that
used the Spit/Herald front suspension (Europa?) had proper
rubber seals that could also be fitted to Spits. Anyone
remember the details? I, too, have had to take the felt
from new seals and glue it to the old metal bits.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 09:59 PM 10/26/01 , Alan Lemen wrote:
>John, The metal bit should fit slightly "inside" the hub part next to
>the bearings, with the felt towards the centre of the car.If it's not
>fitting inside that little bit then that could be teh problem. The felt
>is not that thick and compresses anyway. I had to replace the seals on
>mine and found that I ended up using the new felt and old metal bits as
>the new metal bits did not fit inside next to the bearings.
>When I did that I could fit the split pin OK.
>
>Alan
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