[Healeys] spun bearings

[Steve Gerow]

Kees wrote:

>>> 


Ball/needle/roller bearings can only spin when the there is debris 
inside the bearing from e.g. a broken cage, balls/needles/rollers, diff 
that block the bearing causing the outer cage to turn. This happens 
mainly because people drive there cars until the bearing starts to break 
up, well into or beyond the rumbling stage.
<<<

 

I don't think it's that absolute. In my case it was a year-old bearing that
spun with no apparent damage to the bearing other than having the outside
buffed to a high sheen. The operation remains perfectly smooth.

 

Personally, I'm persuaded that the act of clamping the inside and outside,
per the manual, is preferable to shrinking or driving or gluing the bearing
in, leaving the spacer loose and hoping for the best.

 

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Steve Gerow

Altadena, CA, USA

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