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RE: Bearing spacer shims

To: <DLancer7676@cs.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Bearing spacer shims
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:42:28 +1000
David, he is thinking of the MGB -- it does require shims.

Mike

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Subject: Bearing spacer shims


While I am waiting on my newly rebuilt head to arrive, I jacked all fours up
on the Midget and decided to do a brake job, plus check everything else out.
Also pull the wheel bearings , disassemble them, clean them, repack and
reassemble them.

Of course inside the front wheels are the familiar spacers.  Before I pulled
the bearings out, I stuck my finger inside the wheel and could fairly freely
move the spacer about.  My question is guided by a comment made by the
extremely experienced mechanic whom I consider a British car guru.  He said
there should be some very thin shims on one side or the other of the
spacers.
 There were none there--is it possible the DPO forgot to replace the shims?
Where can shims be gotten?  I checked the Moss catalog blow ups and there
are
none listed or pictured.  The mechanic said the shims were there to provide
a
means of tightening the wheel nut so the wheel would not be riding just on
the bearings.

--David C.

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