[Spridgets] Rear wheel bearing help and Questions..

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

1.  New nuts are not necessarily the same same as the originals so you  might 
want to source used nuts.
 
2.  Depends on the angle the car is jacket to, I wouldn't expect more  than 
dribble.
 
4.  Sadly this probably is normal and it's why I have double bearing  hubs on 
my Sprite.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
In a message dated 15/03/2009 00:28:55 GMT Standard Time,  
oldsaabguy at comcast.net writes:

Evening  all,

so I have started the replacement of the rear bearings and have  run  
into several "concerns" to whit:

1.    The hub  nuts are beat to caca but come off just fine with a chisel,  
better  to have some new ones yes?

2.    No and I mean NO oil came  out of the housing when I removed the  
axle.  This is bad  yes?

3.    I notice play when spinning the wheel by about  1/8", I turn the  
wheel that far before it "catches" and the wheel on  the other side  
starts to spin.  Is this normal?  Should I  drop the rear axle and  
torque the pinion nut?

4.     The new bearings have play in them side to side until I put the  
axle  back in, is this normal?

5.    The "O" ring on the hub is  covered by the paper gasket, this  
doesn't make sense, should the  paper be cut back so that the "O" ring  
is in the groove on one side  and hitting the metal on the other side?

6.    There are  several markings cast into the axle, how do I tell if I  
have the  "good" ones?

Sorry to ask all the questions but all of my work has been  on front  
wheel drive cars so this is all new to me.

Thanks as  always,

Lester