[Healeys] Replace bearings?

Tom ah3000me at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 19:01:02 MDT 2012


Sorry for the confusion, I meant the splned hubs.

Has anyone used the NAPA bearings, either the NAPA bearing or the NAPA
PROFORMA bearing?

- Tom


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> My front wheel bearings have 170K miles and AFAIK they have never been
> replaced.  Gone through a couple sets of rear ones, though.
>
> Gotta admit, I thought the original poster was referring to king pins;
> can't believe he'd need new stub axles at less than 70K miles.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On 3/15/2012 5:00 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
>
>> With all due respects to the wisdom on the list I would suggest that wheel
>> bearings with 69K miles should be in perfectly useable condition if they
>> have been properly lubricated and kept dry.
>> Careful cleaning and inspection would be necessary but if no faults are
>> found and there are no signs of corrosion or roughness they could be
>> reused
>> with new seals and new lubrication grease.
>> Flame away!!!!
>>
>
>
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