Hmm, how much play are we talking about?
How easy was the hub to push onto the banjo? If it was pretty easy,
perhaps your problem is wear on the bearing/seal seat of the banjo.
This would show up as (rocking) play, and would also result in oil
leaks, esp for the unsealed bearings.
Try putting a steel ruler (or some other straight edge) along the seat
area and look for low spots. Also check with vernier calipers.
At a guess, I'd say 0.5mm play at the edges of the hub seems familiar
but I would have to check.
BTW, the sealed bearings Ulix is referring to have 9 balls as opposed
to 8 in the stock bearings and are meant to be longer lasting.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 11:04 AM
Subject: Rear wheel bearings
>I just had to replace my rear axle housing because a DPOM (...previous
>owner's mechanic) stripped the axle nut threads on the left side
>(left-hand thread) and then welded on the nut.
>
>Following the advice from the web page of Mike Gigante's LBC club, I
>bought some fully sealed bearings. After installing them in the hub s and
>on the axle, I had NOTICABLE play in the bearing when grabbing the wheel
>studs and rocking the hub. I verified that the play was actually in the
>bearings, cursed and ordered stock bearings. These exhibited the same
>play!!! I always thought wheel bearings were essentially playless.
>I reinstalled the sealed bearings.
>
>Can anyone comment on the play in the bearings? The ones that were
>installed really weren't that much worse than the new ones...
>
> Ulix __/__,__
>.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
> '67 Sprite
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