[Mgs] Front Wheel bearings 70B

Max Heim max_heim at sbcglobal.net
Mon Aug 30 17:42:59 MDT 2010


I was thinking wire wheel hubs, I admit. The "new" ones are generally
considered inferior, so it could be worth salvaging an original with good
splines. Junkyard hubs, if you can find them, are unlikely to have usable
splines.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/30/10 3:47 PM, Councill, David at dcouncill at msubillings.edu wrote:

> I sure hope we are not that desperate for a hub. I would hope that there
> are still plenty of good used hubs out there. I just replaced the front
> hubs on my 64B, converting from wire wheels to disc wheels to match the
> rear axle wheels. It was fairly straight forward but I had to obtain one
> front hub since I could only find one spare (from my 71BGT) amongst my
> growing collection of used parts. I got one from a Canadian salvage
> which also included the bearings, spacer, shims, washer and nut, all for
> $45 including shipping. A couple US salvage yards also offered to sell
> me one, at prices ranging from $50-$75. Wire wheel hubs will likely be a
> bit more expensive and run a chance of worn splines but new ones are
> available from Moss for about $120.
> 
> David Councill
> 64 B
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Max Heim
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 4:06 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Front Wheel bearings 70B
> 
> It is at least conceivably possible that your machine shop could repair
> this hub by adding a bead of weld then lathing it to the correct inside
> diameter and pressing the new race. I suggest this since I know quality
> hubs can be hard to find.
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires


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