[Healeys] rear wheel stud

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Jun 16 16:50:48 MDT 2009


Hub, not bearing.

On 6/17/09, Frank Powell <powellinsac at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Alan,
>
> Can you really pull the bearing off by hand? I would expect it to be a
> little
> tighter than that. Also, how critical is the bearing location when
> installing
> the bearing. My 100 manual says it must be in the right location within a
> couple thousandths or else I'm reading it wrong.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank Powell
>
> --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] rear wheel stud
> To: "Simon & Christine Atkinson" <satkinson7314 at charter.net>
> Cc: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 6:53 PM
>
>
> Simon -
>
> Taking the hub off the car is typically a pretty easy thing to do.  Just
> remove the axle (comes right out), and then unscrew the octagon then either
> use a puller or hand pull the hub off the axle.
>
> Then use a vise and press the stud out.  Putting a new stud in is a bit
> difficult, I think the best I've heard is freeze the bolts and put the hub
> in the oven at top setting thenpress together using a vice and alot of heat
> pads!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Simon & Christine Atkinson <
> satkinson7314 at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Appears that I have a rear wheel stud that needs to be replaced. Of course
>> I
>> just noticed it after installing all the new brake hardware!
>>
>> Any easy way of replacing this without tearing everything apart? Do I have
>> to remove the spacer and bearings?
>>
>> I wish the engineers would have put a hole in the backplate so you could
>> just line up the stud to the hole and bang it out (with a grommet for
>> water
>> protection).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Simon
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-- 
Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


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