[Healeys] Bugeye ft wheel bearing

Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com
Tue Aug 25 07:34:38 MDT 2009


I heart from friends here in Germany, there is a batch of bearings on the
market which are faulty and show these signs of play.
Try to get better bearings from a different source.

Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/GERMANY

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Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. August 2009 15:26
An: stmiller96 at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Bugeye ft wheel bearing

Hi Shaun--

If the problem was there before installing the new bearings then perhaps the
hub is worn or the bearings (old and new) are not correct spec.  The bearings
should not seat/unseat easily--several good whacks with a drift to drive them
in and out should be necessary IMO.  BTW what do the surfaces of the outer
races look like--are they scored/spun?

I don't know of any spec for tightening up the nut--I do it by feel while
rotating the hub and know it takes a lot less than 55 lbs to go from "too
loose" through "just right" to "too tight" and back--all this on my Elva which
essentially has larger Sprite hubs.  Something sounds way out of line here.

Best--Michael
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In a message dated 8/24/2009 11:16:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stmiller96 at hotmail.com writes:

Actually it had the same problem before the new bearings, that  what I was
trying to fix.  Tightened to 55 ft lbs. Everything draws  in fine.  Could be
the outer race fit though.  The inner did seem to  drive in fairly easy.  I
will have to check that.


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