Hmm, Ken, based on Barney's note yesterday and your comments, it seems I've
been using better quality bearings than are really necessary! Let me correct
my earlier assertion that all caged ball bearings have a thrust side; it
would seem that there a some suppliers that do sell bearings that are
uniform. If yours were the same both sides, then yours would appear to have
been the latter. The ones that have a thrust side are distinguishable by
having one of the outer race "walls" a little taller than the other.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Christian <kenc@gscutah.com>
To: 'British Sportscar Center' <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:56 AM
Subject: RE: Front wheel bearings
>Lawrie:
>
>I just installed some of these into my MGA, Lawrie. They had a little mark
>on the rim of the bearing, almost like a little square. Is this how you
>tell which side faces the hub?
>
>Ken Christian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: British Sportscar Center [mailto:Lawrie@britcars.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:42 PM
>To: Maynard Hirsch; mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Front wheel bearings
>
>
>Unless, of course, you have an MGA or a T-series MG, in which case it uses
>caged ball bearings rather than tapered roller bearings. Caged ball
bearings
>most definitely have a thrust side...........
>
>Lawrie
>British Sportscar Center
>(who cannot remember what model MG the original poster had)
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