Mike,
I knew that often there is play between the bearing and the "seat", so I
made sure to visually check that the play is _in_ the bearing itself.
The play was more than 0.5mm, though I can't really give you a number
right now. (Car is back on the road)
The prepacked sealed bearings felt nice when taken out of the box,
probably because the grease packing keeps it from showing play.
The dry stock bearings showed (to me) surprising play right out of the
box.
Thanks for clearing up WHY these bearings are better.
I can post the bearing numbers if anyone cares. I paid ~$65 for both.
Ulix
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Mike Gigante wrote:
> Hmm, how much play are we talking about?
>
> How easy was the hub to push onto the banjo? If it was pretty easy,
> perhaps your problem is wear on the bearing/seal seat of the banjo.
>
> This would show up as (rocking) play, and would also result in oil
> leaks, esp for the unsealed bearings.
>
> Try putting a steel ruler (or some other straight edge) along the seat
> area and look for low spots. Also check with vernier calipers.
>
> At a guess, I'd say 0.5mm play at the edges of the hub seems familiar
> but I would have to check.
>
> BTW, the sealed bearings Ulix is referring to have 9 balls as opposed
> to 8 in the stock bearings and are meant to be longer lasting.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 11:04 AM
> Subject: Rear wheel bearings
>
>
> >I just had to replace my rear axle housing because a DPOM (...previous
> >owner's mechanic) stripped the axle nut threads on the left side
> >(left-hand thread) and then welded on the nut.
> >
> >Following the advice from the web page of Mike Gigante's LBC club, I
> >bought some fully sealed bearings. After installing them in the hub s and
> >on the axle, I had NOTICABLE play in the bearing when grabbing the wheel
> >studs and rocking the hub. I verified that the play was actually in the
> >bearings, cursed and ordered stock bearings. These exhibited the same
> >play!!! I always thought wheel bearings were essentially playless.
> >I reinstalled the sealed bearings.
> >
> >Can anyone comment on the play in the bearings? The ones that were
> >installed really weren't that much worse than the new ones...
> >
> > Ulix __/__,__
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> > '67 Sprite
> >
>
Ulix __/__,__
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'67 Sprite
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