[Healeys] Front wheel bearings

[Alan Seigrist]

Gary -

We just covered this yesterday -

No shims & axles will either be:

1.  Hubs too loose = bearings loaded too loose and the hub will float
causing damage to your brake discs or drums and possibly causing
premature bearing wear.  Very bad idea.

2. Hubs too tight = bearings loaded too tight leading to bearing
overheating and premauture failure.  Also very bad idea.

Please do yourself the favor and follow the factory shop manual in the
installation of bearings.



- Original message -
I am going to be rebuilding my front suspension in a f..

On 7/24/07, Warthodson at aol.com <Warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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-- 
Alan

'52 A90
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