[Healeys] Front Wheel Grease Retaining Cups (Reproductions).

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Sun Sep 15 03:58:14 MDT 2013


To be honest you don't need to tap them hard, ultimately they still do
their job even if they come loose, which does happen from time to time.

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Graham Wilkie wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am currently replacing both front wheel splined hub extensions, and the
> bearings which reside within.
>
> The grease retaining cups were missing from both of the old hubs.
>
> I have acquired a pair of new reproduction grease retaining cups. I have no
> previous experience installing grease retaining cups. I am proceeding as
> per
> the manual; not filling them with grease, and using a drift (1 1/8" long
> socket in my case) and have started tapping the first one in. Well,
> tapping is
> an understatement, it is requiring some hefty blows on the drift with a
> large
> hammer. It has gone in about 1/2".  It feels much too tight, so I have
> paused
> to seek guidance.  The vehicle is a 1966 BJ8. I have measured the
> dimensions
> with a vernier. The ID of the removed original old hub is 1.870". The ID of
> the new hub is also 1.870", so I have concluded that the new hub is not at
> fault.  The OD of the new reproduction grease cup is 1.878". I have
> nothing to
> compare that with.
>
> How easily are these cups meant to slide in? Should they be able to be
> pulled
> out by hand once the extractor tool is fitted?  I'm wondering if the new
> reproduction grease cups have not been accurately reproduced, and are too
> wide.  Any suggestions, thoughts or ideas would be very welcome. Regards,
> Graham Wilkie.BJ8 Moruya NSW Australia.
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