After carefully examining the front left hub to discover the source of some
slop, I find that the inner bearing is a loose fit into the hub. Once the
hub is off the car, a light shake will free the inner bearing, which is
brand new. The outer bearing shell has a small amount of play when nested
into the hole fully. Thinking the bearing might not be spec, I tried the
old one as well and found the same thing.
So it seems the machined hole in the hub for the inner bearing race is
slightly enlarged. Is there any good reason not to wrap a piece of .001
brass around the outer shell and tap it into place?
If there is a really good reason not to do this, anyone got a front hub to
spare?
Note:All 'replies' from Justbrits will be filtered into oblivion.
Regards,
Glen Byrns
'59 bugeye
'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
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