Glen,
A probably better fix is to use a punch to create 3 equidistant dimples in
each hub race. You can also get an adhesive made for this purpose. I think
Loctite makes it. Seems I saw it in the Kragen's last week.
Gerard
At 10:40 AM -0700 7/30/01, Glen Byrns wrote:
>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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