An update on my situation: against the advice of Timken, and following the
wisdom of the list, I put the distance piece back in-- figured even if it
DID NOT strengthen the spindle in this application, it wouldn't hurt
anything. Your experience with interference, D, has got me worried. Since
the grease "softens" the sensation of endfloat movement, I loosened the nut
until there was a just perceptible movement, then went tighter just enough
to insert the cotter pin. Hoping as it breaks in I'll have a blacksmith's
version of .001-.003 clearance! Anyhow I struggled with end float and had
the nuts turned down so everything went together well and it seems to run
okay on the street without heating up. You can bet I'll be checking them
regularly this weekend at the VIR races.
Just for insurance: Chuckster: if you have some spare ball bearing sets,
would you throw them in your goody box? If these things come apart, I may
decide to go back to "how God intended Spridgets to be." I can bring some
2-stroke oil from my chainsaw to trade ya. ;-)
--JohnD
-----Original Message-----
From DLancer7676 at cs.com [mailto:DLancer7676@cs.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 1:15 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Finished with Rollers.
I got around to replacing the front wheel bearings
with the roller bearing I bought. As advised by my guru mechanic, I
at first started to install the distance piece between them, but then
noted that the distance piece actually interfered with the outer
bearing's ability to roll freely. So I left it out, then, like the
previous lister, I tightened the nut to the suggested torque value of
50-70 ft/lbs. The damned thing wouldn't budge! So I backed it off to
where it would roll without any looseness, and, again, like the
previous lister, the cotter pin would not come close to going into
it's hole. So I took the nut to my grinder, and after grinding and
grinding as much as I dared, the pin STILL would not seek it's hole.
Gave up, cleaned up the roller bearings and took them back to Advance
for a refund and last night installed a great set of Made in England
ball bearings, just like it was designed to wear.
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