[Healeys] Rear axle gasket question - test results

[Alan Seigrist]

Awesome!

On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Steve Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com> wrote:

> I measured my rear hub clearance today at .004” between the bearing spacer
> and the face of the bearing carrier – sans paper gasket and o-ring.
>
> Therefore I made a gasket out of .005” envelope paper and installed it
> with a light partial coat of hylomar.
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> See: http://www.pbase.com/image/158968947 and the succeeding image.
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> My new Moss gasket had compressed from .014” to .010” – leaving the
> bearing spacer loose by .006”.
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> Gary Hodson wrote:
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> >>>
>
> …The shop manual states: "the bearing spacer must protrude between 0.001"
> and 0.004" beyond the face of the hub & paper gasket. This is to make sure
> the bearing is firmly gripped between the abutment shoulder in the hub and
> paper washer."
> That means that the gasket thickness depends upon the spacer thickness,
> which is why the gasket would be considered a shim. For example: If the
> shim protrudes by 0.010" without the gasket you will need a gasket that is
> between .006" and .009" thick. I do not believe we are really compressing
> the gasket. The axle is held in place by the two small Phillips head
> screws.  We may be bending the axle flange very slightly to take up the
> .001"-.004" gap when we tighten the lug nuts that hold the splined hub
> extension onto the hub.
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> Steve Gerow
>
> Altadena, CA, USA
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> BN6
>
> Check out my galleries:
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> http://www.pbase.com/stevegerow/
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