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1. RE: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@compuserve.com>; Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:17:54 -0500; Message text written by "Hanna, Mark" stub axles magnafluxed< What is magnafluxing? Robert D. '65 Sprite; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00008.html (7,122 bytes)
2. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: "Alan Inglis" <ainglis@bcresearch.com>; Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:30:46 -0800; Here is my 2c worth on preloading: If you put a load on the end of a cantilever, it bends down. The top surface is in tension and the bottom surface is in compression (somewhere in the middle there i; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00031.html (10,109 bytes)
3. RE: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: "Hanna, Mark" <mhanna@ball.com>; Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:31:27 -0700; /html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00046.html (8,496 bytes)
4. A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Thecarguru@aol.com; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:18:04 EST; Hi everyone. I was taking the bearings out of my front hubs and noticed that some of them fall right apart, and others stay together. When I pulled one of the hubs, the inner bearing came out of the; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01018.html (7,761 bytes)
5. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:06:17 -0500; This whole spacer question was hashed about on the mgs list also. I've replaced both sets of front bearings and both sides had the spacers but no shims. First, are there supposed to be shims, and sec; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01031.html (9,031 bytes)
6. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:16:21 -0800 (PST); the spacer is supposed to be firmly squeezed. You tighten the nut until it is. I have never seen shims used. I guess they would be necessary when, after tightening the nut, the wheel was locked up.; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01035.html (10,044 bytes)
7. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:37:40 -0500; When I torqued the big nut down after installing new bearings, the spacer was still mobile. If I go way over the torque value it might squeeze the spacer as it apprently should be squeezed, but I se; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01036.html (11,208 bytes)
8. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:19:01 -0600; Now I am confused too. Just last week I tried to tighten up my front hubs to eliminate a small amount of play in the bearings. I torqued the nut to 45 lb. and found that I still had some movement in; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01037.html (11,389 bytes)
9. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:10:50 -0500; You just described my problem to a T (I forgot to mention that I too have wire wheels). My play went away after two weeks. This is also the same car that mysteriously _stopped_ jumping out of first; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01038.html (8,707 bytes)
10. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:36:40 EST; You could always get the special steel stub axle kits from Mini Mania. Daniel 1312; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01039.html (7,265 bytes)
11. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:55:52 -0800; Mark, Man, that's poetry. Can't solve the bearing deal though. Peter C Peter Caldwell 1 very rough Innocenti (the Sprite with an accent) among other LBCs and 4WDBCs; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01042.html (7,264 bytes)
12. RE: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: "Hanna, Mark" <mhanna@ball.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:57:12 -0700; Hi Mark , It has been my experience that you do not want to over tighten the "NUT" 20 or so years ago when I first bought my Sprite , I was too poor to properly maintain it . When I discovered front; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01043.html (14,085 bytes)
13. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: spriteguy@juno.com (Matthew P Johnson); Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:23:50 -0500; I was told by some racing vetrans that the stub shaft needs to be in tension to prevent breaking while cornering hard. I was instructed to put 40 to 50 ft-lbs on the castle nut while still maintainin; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01050.html (7,373 bytes)
14. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Bkitterer@aol.com; Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 03:31:18 EST; It is not unusual for the front wheel ball bearings to separate when disassembling and does not hurt them to snap back together. It is important that the inner and outer bearing be properly oriented; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01060.html (8,592 bytes)
15. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:48:08 -0500; The ball bearings used in the Spridget hubs are "thrust" type bearings. If you look at a cross section of the races, you would see that there is a lip on one side only that resists loads put on the b; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01063.html (10,404 bytes)
16. Re: A question on wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Lancer7676@aol.com; Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:08:10 EST; << I'm still waiting for my axles to break. >> Unlike other things, like winning the lottery, I hope it is a long, long wait, Crash!! --David; /html/spridgets/1998-10/msg01067.html (7,574 bytes)

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