Which stubs do you have Drum or Disk Got a couple of each in the garage.
>From: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
>To: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Front Wheel Bearings
>Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:10:17 -0800
>Reply-To: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
>
>Well I'm back to square one. I guess that my new stub axles are bad.
Don't
>know what else to think at the moment. I have posted various questions
about
>this off and on for months now. I tried to install Tinken roller
bearings on
>my Bugeye with it's new axles. They will not fit. The hub will not go
on far
>enough to get the cotter pin in the hole. I have now tried a set of
stock
>FAG bearings and they do not go on as far as the roller bearings did. I
have
>tried with and without the spacers on both types of bearings, no joy.
>Without the outer washer (not the inner spacer) you can get a smaller
pin in
>the hole. This will give you an idea how far off they are. Both sets
were
>pressed in and I know they were seated.
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>The question is:
>
>Does anyone have a stub axle off the car so that they can measure the
>length?
>
>Mine is 3.75" or 95 mm. This is measured from the upright.
>
>If not, I will tear my other Bugeye down and measure it. Don't know
what
>else it could be.
>
>Thanks
>
>Larry Miller and his bearing challenged Bugeye
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