Chris,
Read my reply again, I wrote "in the hub" not the bearing itself... I think
one would go nuts trying to dimple the bearing itself...'-)
Thanks for info on the adhesive route.
-g
At 3:00 PM -0400 7/30/01, Chris Kotting wrote:
>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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