<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">But I am not installing a new bearing! This is the one that came out of it! It would not just slip back in! Likely means that I almost got it in true. Might be worth taking it back out and trying again?<div><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Lester<div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Sep 30, 2018, at 6:47 PM, <a href="mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com">crusaderchuck55@aol.com</a> via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; "><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Slim chance it may have spun at one time enlarging the hub's inside diameter? That might explain the tolerance you are experiencing</p></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; "><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">------ Original message------</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>From: </b>Lester via Spridgets<spridgets@autox.team.net></spridgets@autox.team.net></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Date: </b>Sun, Sep 30, 2018 1:57 PM</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:bugeye@yahoogroups.com">bugeye@yahoogroups.com</a>;</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>;</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Spridgets] my Wheel Hub</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></p></div>Can someone tell me why the bearing almost falls out when taking the hub apart yet has to be forced in to place upon reassembly?<div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr">Lester</div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sep 29, 2018, at 11:30 AM, Lester via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="" dir="ltr">We have a winner, Trevor, as that was not a uniform coat of rust but a thin gasket WITH an “O” ring underneath. all cleaned up and new seals getting ready to install.<div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr">THANKS!</div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sep 29, 2018, at 7:18 AM, Rick Fisk <<a href="mailto:refisk@chartermi.net" class="">refisk@chartermi.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="" dir="ltr">You may not have to replace the rear seal. I would put it together with the o-ring and gasket, fill the diff, and see what happens. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="" dir="ltr"><br class="">Sent from my keyboard</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="" dir="ltr"><br class="">On Sep 28, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Lester via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class="" dir="ltr">Rear hub, no gasket, no “O” ring, no diff oil?? Note: screw placed to keep from losing it…</div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><img_<a href="http://0557.jp">0557.jpeg></img_<a></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><img_0556 (1).jpeg=""></img_0556></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Sep 28, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Glen Byrns via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">The rear hub and axle housing are same as Spridget. I've got two Minors and a bugeye to compare.<br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class=""></div><div class="" dir="ltr">Glen Byrns </div><div class="" dir="ltr"><br class="">On Sep 28, 2018, at 6:46 AM, Bob Spruck via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><p class="" dir="ltr">Here is a photo of a Morris Minor rear wheel hub from an ad on the Hemmings daily email. 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