[Healeys] Making wheel bearing shims

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sun Aug 20 09:36:36 MDT 2017


McMaster-Carr has a large variety of shims:


https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-shims/=190um7n


Of course, you'd need to know the ID and OD.

Bob

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA

> On August 20, 2017 at 4:09 PM goldengt <goldengt at cal.net> wrote:
> 
>     I figured the edges get squeezed flat so it doesn't matter. Seemed to work in the bad old days when we couldn't get new.
>     Ken Freese 
>     65 BJ8
> 
> 
>     Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> 
>     -------- Original message --------
>     From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net>
>     Date: 8/20/17 7:11 AM (GMT-07:00)
>     To: John Spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net>, healeys at autox.team.net
>     Subject: Re: [Healeys] Making wheel bearing shims
> 
>     John,
> 
>     Is Moss just out of stock?  They're shown on their web page, item 121,
>     part numbers 263-1[4567]5.
> 
>     http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28887
> 
>     I'd also be interested in hearing about any experiences making shims -
>     especially how they kept the edges flat.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Bob Haskell
>     AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
>     http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
> 
>     On 08/20/2017 01:44 AM, John Spaur wrote:
>     > Has anyone made the front axle stub wheel bearing shims? I have bought
>     > them before but was curious about making them because you never know
>     > what size shim will be needed during a bearing repack. Moreover, it
>     > appears Moss has them for a BJ8 but not a MKII BT7.
>     >
>     > John Spaur
>     >
>     > San Jose, CA
> 
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