As well as the spacer and shims, when tightened to the correct torque of
40 - 70lb ft, strengthening the axle shaft they also stop any tendency for
the inner races to spin on the axle. The correct shims will give an
end-float of .002 to .004in, not a loading of 11 to 15 in lb.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Shultz <karl.shultz@ibm.net>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 26 March 1999 05:20
Subject: pulling out the spacers in the front hubs
>Hello MGers,
>
>Hope all is well with you getting your assorted brit cars ready for the
>warm season. I'm coming along myself - I've replaced the brake lines
>(which looked as old, if not older, than the entire 73 B itself), the
>heater control valve (with a gasket now) some hoses, and made some hacks
>into the electrical system whose effectiveness seems to vary day to day.
>
>Anyhow, I took a trip to Flying Circuis Cars in Durham, NC. They're a
>Brit car specialist where I buy my parts. So I go to buy shims for the
>front hubs (which rattled about horribly) and a guy came in from the
>garage area telling me something interesting. I'd like to bounce this
>off the group, it seems odd.
>
>He said that the big spacer, and the accompanying shims, could be
>installed in the trash can rather than the hub. "Conical bearings can
>accept the load themselves no problem; people used to think you had to
>make perfect contact between the bearing housings with those shims, but
>all the cars we work on, we just pull all that stuff out.
>
>Odd, no? I tried it. The hub can be put together and adjusted up just
>fine without all this stuff. But concerned for the longevity of the
>bearings (they say "made in england," so they must be as old as the car
>too...) I haven't really finalized the work.
>
>Any thoughts on this odd suggestion?
>
>--
>Karl Shultz
>95 Integra GS-R, black, loud
>73 MGB, orange, only marginally drivable
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