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1. Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 11:50:53 -0400; Greetings fellow spridgeteers! My name is Richard and I've been lurking on the list for awhile and have found it both informative and entertaining. I am in the process of restoring a 1974 MG Midget a; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00382.html (8,708 bytes)
2. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:05:04 -0400; Thank you for your informative response. I would be very interested in how you make out with the NSK bearings. Also, do you remember the logic used in concluding that the tube adds significant stren; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00393.html (9,891 bytes)
3. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "andy webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 13:29:31 PDT; When you tighten that nut to blazes, dosen't the wheel become harder to rotate? I seem to remember it doing so. Incidently , I did driver side front wheel bearing last year and they seemed to have fr; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00395.html (10,993 bytes)
4. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 17:02:12 -0400; The ball bearings used in the Spridget wheel are the type of bearings that can only take a thrust load in one direction. That is why the bearings are marked "thrust" on one side. If they are loaded; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00399.html (10,867 bytes)
5. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 17:56:21 -0400; put a *very* gentle pre-loading on the bearings, all the loading will automatically be on the thrust faces of said bearings. They are just being "pushed together" thrust face to thrust face... "dire; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00404.html (12,675 bytes)
6. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Michael D Myers <mdmyers_ct@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:45:26 -0400; The spacer keeps the bearing centers the proper distance apart. If you remove it, you will reduce the ability for the bearings to counteract the side loads on the wheel from cornering. I can provide; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00420.html (13,946 bytes)
7. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>; Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 23:20:00 +1000; Not opinion but fact as explained to me by a GM engineer. Firstly, Sprite wheel bearings are non-adjustable and there will always be some play. Secondly, the spacer DOES add strength to the whole ass; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00445.html (12,764 bytes)
8. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>; Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 10:53:13 -0400; Hi Peter, Thank-you for the most comprehensive and enlightening explaination of the purpose of the bearing spacer. Now I finally understand the "rest of the story"! I'll be much happier "living" with; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00454.html (11,776 bytes)
9. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: Lancer7676@aol.com; Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 13:05:01 EDT; << For peace of mind I crack test the stubs >> Peter: How do you go about doing this? Is it something I can do in my home garage or is it a job for a machinist? --David; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00460.html (8,352 bytes)
10. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:36:41 -0400; Well, I'm not a GM automotive engineer, but I am an aircraft structural engineer with some experience in stress analysis of landing gears. My previous statement that the spacer adds no strength to th; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00466.html (11,126 bytes)
11. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:30:03 -0700; and on that note... are there any further questions.... WOW... Hey Steve.. damn son.. ya don't leave much to the imagination there.. thanks for the Light Reading...... Keith Turk Austin Healey 100 /; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00468.html (12,271 bytes)
12. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:38:35 +1000; You show good sense. It's something you can do at home if you're relatively practical. Most engineering supply shops sell a penetrant dye kit or you can take your parts to the shop to be tested. Pete; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00485.html (8,826 bytes)
13. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:34:47 +1000; I'm no GM engineer either but I'd be interested to see the results. Will you be taking into account the material quality as well? I agree with your assesment of 'pure' bending forces but over how man; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00486.html (11,701 bytes)
14. Re: Front Wheel Bearings... (score: 1): Author: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:26:38 +1000; I would ask im but he died three years ago. I should also have said he was ex-GM. He left GM in the late 70's to run a successful Sprite parts, repairs and performance tuning business, where he died; /html/spridgets/1999-05/msg00487.html (9,853 bytes)

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