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Re: Midget Update VII-long as always

To: Todd Mullins <todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: Midget Update VII-long as always
From: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:18:42 -0700
Todd Mullins wrote:
> 
> Aron Travis writes:
> 
> > First, I switched the front ball bearings to tapered roller bearings..
> > [ snip ]
> > I did not
> > use the spacer that goes between the stock ball bearings, as I feel
> > that it would negate some of the reasons that I'm using rollers..
> 
> Note that the MGB uses a spacer between its front roller bearings.  I
> really don't know why, but it's there.  I ran my right front hub for
> several years without a spacer, and noticed no ill effects..

I asked a friend of mine why they would use a spacer with roller
bearings. He's a mechanical engineer for Cadillac, quote "Because
it's British, that's why!".

-Aron Travis-
"always in a automotive frenzy"

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