I'd do that if I had an intact one to take with me, but the removal process of
a oil seal that had been in place for ~27 years was completed with a chisel and
20 oz ball peen hammer...Luckily, as I said, NAPA had several in stock for
little or nothing.
Though a call to the bearing place with the measurements was the next stop.
At 01:07 PM 7/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
> I presumed everyone already knew that you can get any bearing and any seal
> from a bearing house, but maybe not. There are very few exceptions to that
> rule--and mostly they relate to some strange thrust bearing or a bearing that
> was modified after it was made (grinding the outer diameter or adding circlip
> grooves). I almost _never_ order bearings or seals from a Triumph parts
> house, you just take the originals to the bearing dealers and they match them
> up. Make sure you tell them the application because there are tolerance and
> fit/finish/materials differences. The bottom line is that manufacturers very
> rarely specify a bearing size--they use what is available, and bearing
> dimensions almost never go out of fashion. I bought two sets of wheel
> bearings for my TR3 from the local supplier. They match to a Timken set but
> it's obsolete, so they cross referenced them to (as I recall) some German
> manufacturer and pulled them right out of stock. The same for seals--I buy
> them shrink-wrapped in sets of ten for less than two from TRF. Better
> quality, less money, no waiting. What part of that doesn't work?
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