[Healeys] Wheel Bearings

[Alan Seigrist]

Mark -

I forgot to say that a relatively easy check is to remove the split pin and
see if the castle nut can screw in to the next flat without binding the
bearing, if so, then probably a good idea to replace the bearings.  Other
than the weird bearings they use on the BN1, the conical bearings are cheap
and readily available so no sweat to replace if needed.

Best,

Alan

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 12:13 PM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark -
>
> To be honest they are pretty bullet proof, so as long as you put grease in
> there when you take the hub off for some reason, that will be good enough.
>  I would suggest maybe around every 20K miles it's worth taking them apart
> and repacking, or whenever you replace the brake pads.  I think on my BJ8 I
> probably haven't touched them in 40K miles.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:57 AM Mark Fawcett via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> I've looked over the owners manual and I haven't got a clear indication
>> of how often the front wheel bearings should be repacked on an early 3000.
>> It seems to suggest every 6000 miles, but that seems a bit excessive. Am I
>> missing something?
>>
>> Mark Fawcett
>> 1959 BT7
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