There were a few people that made a rear hub setup from CORVAIR parts and it
worked very well. Might this be it????
----- Original Message -----
From: Mordy Dunst <gasket.works@gte.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: Hubs
> About my hubs on the IRS...
>
> The bearings on the left Rear gave way at Mid Ohio last year...Just ask
> Effinger (his jaw dropped- he couldn't believe that the wheel was still on
> the car.) Mr. Smock was quite impressed as well.
> I was substantially, lucky. In any event I dissasembled the unit when I
got
> home and replaced the bearings...I was under the impression that I had a
> 240Z "type" set-up... This modification was supposed to have happened
around
> 1967 when the car was campaigned in SCCA.
> I didn't think 240's came out until 1970..
>
> I went to the Datsun dealer and looked in their fiche files and found
> NOTHING that resembled my rear hub set-up. I was able to get my old
> bearings (from the other side) and found some sort of # on them and
matched
> them up with a "high quality" set...
> The bearings are a sealed type and both inner and outer are the same size.
> Very innexpensive -about $5.00 each!! The 240z bearings were much more
> costly...about $70.00/side and wouldn't have fit in any case. Their OD
was
> bigger but the ID was the same on the stub axel shaft.
>
> I believe that the stub axels are one inch diameter....
>
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