[Mgs] Front Wheel bearings 70B

[Barrie Robinson]

I got new splines for my MGB wire wheels and they were fine - not inferior,


At 07:42 PM 8/30/2010, Max Heim wrote:
>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.
>
>
>--
>
>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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Barrie
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