In a message dated 7/25/01 12:06:34 AM, mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net writes:
<< -I did a complete stub axle and king pin change over,complete. Wheel
bearings were new with brake job last year so I am reusing them. One
problem, the out side bearing will not go on the newer stub axle. It slides
right on and off the old stub axle. What's a flustered MGeneer to do here. >>
Mark,
Funny thing, over the last two weekends I did my GT's front end with the kit
from Proper MG, and had the same experience as you. I checked with new
bearings and the slightly used ones I was taking off--same thing. I saw that
the difference in diameter was slight, so I VERY GENTLY filed the lip of the
stub axle, behind the threads, and a little more behind that, in the belief
that the inner race of the bearing really doesn't want to or need to rotate
on the axle, so a very, very slightly out of round situation won't hurt it.
Happy to report that after a little bit of work the bearings slid on, tightly.
Of course, in the next week or two I could have both axles simultaneously
fail at speed...
And why, I must ask, does it happen that on the first test drive does one hit
an invisible rock that bounces off the car's underbody with a loud report,
making it sound as if a major component had just violently parted company
with the car?
Jay Donoghue
72B
72B-GT
66 Mustang
///
/// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list
/// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.)
|