[Healeys] Front wheel bearings

Dallas Congleton dcongleton at embarqmail.com
Tue Jul 24 18:41:48 MDT 2007


Wheel bearing spacers for racing automobiles
Document Type and Number:
United States Patent 6273617
Link to this page:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6273617.html
Abstract:
A wheel bearing assembly for a wheel assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein
the wheel bearing assembly includes a wheel hub having inner and outer
bearing race shoulders for receiving respective inner and outer roller
bearing races and roller bearing housings with roller bearings therein, the
wheel bearing assembly adapted for being mounted on a wheel axle. The wheel
bearing assembly comprises an annular spacer body having a central opening
for permitting the spacer body to be positioned onto the axle between one of
the inner or outer roller bearing housings for exerting an axial compression
thereon, a spacer cap having a central opening for permitting the spacer cap
to be positioned onto the axle between the inner and outer roller bearing
housings and in engaging coaxial alignment with the spacer body for engaging
the other of the inner or roller bearing housings, and an annular shim
having a central opening for permitting the shim to be positioned onto the
axle between the spacer body and the spacer cap. The shim has an
axially-extending dimension predetermined to produce with the spacer body
and the spacer cap a combined axially-extending dimension suitable to create
and maintain a predetermined amount of axial compression on the inner and
outer roller bearing housings against the respective inner and outer bearing
races sufficient to prevent rotation of the bearing races relative to the
roller bearing housings.

FWIW
Dallas 


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