One of the rare times I will disagree with Gerard (but only sorta).
Don't try to take up the slack with dimples. The bearing races are
*hard* and they just aren't intended to be whacked hard enough to leave
a dimple.
However the adhesive route *is * the way I'd do it. (Like I said, I'm
only sorta disagreeing.) Permatex (http://www.permatex.com) has 3
products that could be suitable, depending on how loose things are:
Part No. Name Spec.
20297 Bearing Mount for Worn Parts Fills gaps to .020" in
diameter.
68040 Bearing Mount for Relaxed Fits (Not listed, but
presumably between the other two)
60940 Bearing Mount for Close Fits Slip fit up to .005"
diameter.
No financial interest, yadda, yadda... Loctite makes similar products.
http://www.loctite.com
Chris K.
P.S.: "Relaxed Fits" seems like an oxymoron. If you're having fits,
you're rarely relaxed. Either that, or it's bearing mount for those
"loose cut" jeans, and in that case, I DON'T want to see the Technical
Data Sheet, thank you...
Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
>
> Glen,
>
> A probably better fix is to use a punch to create 3 equidistant dimples in
> each hub race. You can also get an adhesive made for this purpose. I think
> Loctite makes it. Seems I saw it in the Kragen's last week.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 10:40 AM -0700 7/30/01, Glen Byrns wrote:
> >After carefully examining the front left hub to discover the source of some
> >slop, I find that the inner bearing is a loose fit into the hub. Once the
> >hub is off the car, a light shake will free the inner bearing, which is
> >brand new. The outer bearing shell has a small amount of play when nested
> >into the hole fully. Thinking the bearing might not be spec, I tried the
> >old one as well and found the same thing.
> >
> >So it seems the machined hole in the hub for the inner bearing race is
> >slightly enlarged. Is there any good reason not to wrap a piece of .001
> >brass around the outer shell and tap it into place?
> >
> >If there is a really good reason not to do this, anyone got a front hub to
> >spare?
> >
> >Note:All 'replies' from Justbrits will be filtered into oblivion.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Glen Byrns
> >'59 bugeye
> >'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
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