[Healeys] Front wheel bearings

[Warthodson at aol.com]

I am going to be rebuilding my front suspension in a few weeks so I have been 
following this topic with particular interest. I am inclined to reinstall the 
shims & spacer, but I would really like to know what purpose they serve. I am 
not convinced by the "increased pillar" theory. If the original purpose was 
to make the stub axle stronger there sure would have been better (cheeper, less 
labor, stronger) ways of accomplishing this. By the way, not all British cars 
use spacers. Triumphs don't.  
Gary Hodson
 
In a message dated 7/23/2007 8:00:09 PM Central Daylight Time, 
63ahbj7 at gmail.com writes:

I'm installing the
shims and spacers on my cars because I've seen too many cracked stub axles.





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