[Spridgets] More front wheel bearings

Peter Caldwell peter at nosimport.com
Fri Aug 13 08:01:45 MDT 2010


At 08:52 AM 8/13/2010, David Lieb wrote:
> > Actually David, Tom's particular stub axle showed a radius of over 2mm. We
> > surveyed quite a few, and found they ranged from less than 1mm, to about
> > 3mm. If the radius of your axle is 1.5mm or less then you would 
> have success
> > fitting the bearings you did...or, at least you wouldn't know 
> that there are
> > the stresses that could cause a failure. I will not debate this, nor deny
> > that people have successfully fitted other bearings. When you're in the
> > business, it's best to err on the side of caution.... no?  I might take a
> > chance on my own cars, but not on a customer's.
>
>Peter,
>That is a pretty sorry excuse for a flame ;-)
>At over 40,000 miles on those Timkens, including far too many
>autocross clockwise skidpads on two wheels, I don't feel that there
>were any added stresses in there. OTOH, I understand your position,
>but I would expect far fewer problems from a properly fitted set of
>Timkens than from the technically incorrect bearings sold by the big
>suppliers of British car parts. By any standard, you are a bit of an
>enabler...
>David L
David, I don't flame.... I seethe  ...
By Timken's own response, they don't make a bearing that would 
accommodate the radii we were having problems with. I have to assume 
that your radii met their specification. I will further say that it 
was by fiat. ;-)

Peter


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