Michael:
I encountered the exact same problem a month or so ago. I ordered the
first seat of seals from VB. These seals could be inserted in the hub, but
the felt was so thick that it took a huge amount of torque to get the nut
on far enough to insert the cotter pin. In fact, once I had the hubs on it
took a pry bar inserted between the lugs of the wheel just to turn it.
Next, I ordered seals from TRF. While the felt on these was not nearly so
thick the metal casing for the felt was too large to be inserted in the
hubs. I then bombed the list. The majority of the responses I got were
that I was either doing something wrong or I had a none standard set of hubs.
Finally, I took the seals I got from TRF and carefully ground the outside
diameter of the metal down until I could get them inserted into the hubs.
I'm not happy about this, but I didn't know what else to do at the time.
If I had it to do again I would probably try taking the felt from the TRF
seals I use it with the metal casings from VB.
I'm sorry you're having this problem, but in a way I'm also glad because it
confirms that there is a part problem with these seals.
Barry H. Adams
74 Spitfire
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