mikej writes:
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>As to MYROPA. It came back from the machanic
>last night. The outer bearing in the left rear
>hub carrier was in 3 pieces. We replaced the
>bearings and the carrier.
Ouch! Yeah, I could see that making some noise... . 8^/
> Looks like we have a
>little previous owner syndrome here. After hot-
>tanking the hub we find hammer marks. Looks like
>an attempt to remove the hub sans hub puller. It
>may have warped it. This may be causing the run-
>out at the wheel. I will have to tell Tim (new
>owner) what we found.
I'd call that inexcusable! (OK, OK, so it was F.O.S. -- nothing's too
outrageous. Reminds me of the TTL-level electrikludge system in
Phil's Europa.)
Granted the specified puller is probably only available as a "special
tool" from the factory, but it wasn't too difficult to kludge up an
alternative using part of my big three-jaw wheel puller and some heavy
welded-link chain. In fact, I'm surprised that the hub carrier wasn't
cracked if the guy was pounding on it: I was pretty amazed at how thin
those castings are.
> As the book I was reading
>last night says "when buying a used Lotus the
>only thing to be sure about is you will not be
>able to find all the problems before purchase."
Amen!
-coryc
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