[Fot] Fw: spindle shim conclusion

[Bill Babcock]

Something I have to work on with Peyote. I'm getting knock back now,  
because I left the clearance go too loose. I figured better off loose  
with a little bearing preload than tight.
On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Mark Pendergrass wrote:

> FoT'rs....Hello. I found the problem in regards to my shim clearance  
> problem.
> The inner bearing measurements differ (thickness) from bearing to  
> bearing,
> same make,same part number. They differ as much as .012 thou. Since  
> the
> spindle spacer butts-up to the to the bearing shoulder you can see  
> that your
> going to have shim issues. Dug out a few more bearings off the shelf  
> and they
> also had varying thicknesses. So keep this in mind if you are useing  
> the
> spindle kit. By the way, after two full race weekends i never had  
> anymore
> issues with pad knock-back. Thanks to all who responded to my  
> question. Mark
> Pendergrass TR4 #65
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