If your experience is like mine, you may find that the paper gaskets available
today (regardless of the source) are too thick to leave the spacer proud of
the hub face. The gaskets I received were Approx. .013" thick. I made my own
gasket out of regular bond paper (Approx. .003-.004" thick). Use the gasket
you buy as a template for the gaskets you make.
Gary Hodson
-----Original Message-----
From: john spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net>
To: richard mayor <mayorrichard at hotmail.com>
Cc: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jan 12, 2011 11:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear axle Shims
Hi Richard,
I was in a hurry when I chose my words. It was the rear hub bearing shim that
I was interested in. The shop manual states that the outer face of the bearing
spacer should protrude by .001 to .004 beyond the hub face and I wanted to
have shims available if I needed them. I don't think I will though, because
the spacer is at least .006 without a gasket.
Differential question came up because I am rebuilding the rear end as part of
the frame up restoration. The rear drive train up to the OD/transmission will
be complete in two weeks!
Thanks for making me think about how the axle and hubs work and offering to
help!
John
'62 BT7
San Jose, CA
At 02:00 AM 1/13/2011 +0000, richard mayor wrote:
>John,
>By "axle bearing", I assume you are referring the bearings in the >rear
hubs....
>
>If you explain to us why you think you need shims we can probably >give you
more information to fix your problem.
>
>Richard Mayor
>BN7L-466 Vintage Racer
>Portland, Oregon
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