Those new cups simply don't fit. I ended up cutting off the felt from them and
gluing it to the old metal cups.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 07:24 PM 10/6/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I am putting my frame together. One of my new parts is the wheel bearing kit.
>I remember past discussions about the felt washer. It was supposed to rub on
>the spindle base. The kit I have, has the felt washer glued to a metal cup.
>This cup is thinner metal than all the others I have removed and is larger in
>diameter. It looks like I will screw it up if I try to seat it in the hub in
>place of the bearing retainer I removed. Is it supposed to fit in the original
>bearing retainer, with the thin metal cup against the base of the spindle?
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