OK, we're all family here. Who are the venders? Or should we all go
through this problem over and over and over again.
Personally I would make a phone call to the sales rep before heading down
this path and just ask if they remember the problem and whether or not it
has been corrected.
Thanks Guys, Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
To: "list" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:20 PM
Subject: RE: wheel hub stub-dust cap
> Bill, it would appear that the problem is with the hub adapters rather
> than
> the dust cap. About a year ago it was reported that one of the vendors
> was
> selling hub adapters with the bearing race cavities oversized so that the
> bearing races were too loose. Knowing that, I purchased my hub adapters
> from another source and from then on I had an annoying chirp from my right
> front wheel due to the brake pads binding on the rotor during part of the
> rotation, even after having the rotor turned twice on a lathe. The
> conclusion is that the bearing cavities in the new hub, while not
> oversized,
> are apparently also not machined correctly. The chirp and the rotor
> wobble
> immediately disappeared with the same bearings and rotor in my old hub.
> Somebody out there is having trouble machining the hubs the way they did
> 40 - 50 years ago. Mine, by the way, were manufactured in Brazil.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC
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