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Re: Hub problem (Bugeye with front disc brakes)

To: "ryan marro" <ryan_marro@hotmail.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Hub problem (Bugeye with front disc brakes)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:34:02 -0500
References: <F1453r2P49eyN1WcoZF00014810@hotmail.com>
I have one and I'll send it to you if you E-mail me off line. I have used
tapered roller bearings for thirty years( 1970 , my first race car). The
only thing I have done is use a thinner wheel nut.

Roger Cotting
59 Bugeye
60 Bugeye (2)
74 Midget
80 TR8
95 Mitsu 3000GT
----- Original Message -----
From "ryan marro" <ryan_marro at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:38 PM
Subject: Hub problem (Bugeye with front disc brakes)


> List,
>
>      The good news is, I was able to get front wheel bearings for my
Bugeye
> (with '74 Midget front end parts).  I bought the inner ones from Advance
for
> $11 a piece (a good bit cheaper than Moss), and the outer ones from NAPA
for
> $19 a piece (about the same as Moss).  Both were tapered roller as opposed
> to ball bearings.  I can't remember which store I bought the oil seals
from,
> but they were just a little more than Moss.
>      The bad news is that the bearings started making noise, which is why
I
> thought to replace them.  Keep in mind that I only pretend to be a
mechanic
> and have only put 2000 miles on this car since owning it.  When I took the
> old bearings out, the balls fell out of their cages.  Yep, they were shot.
> I replaced one side with no problem.  The other side is the tricky one.
>      On the passenger side, the inner bearing came out in one piece.  Is
> this the way 'thrust' bearings are designed?  The bearings I bought had
> races that were completely separate from the bearings.  My mechanic friend
> said that they came out as one piece because they had fused together and
> that they should not have come out as a unit.  He further said that this
> meant that the hub on that side was ovalled out or worn out so that it was
> no longer the right size inside.  He said, looking at how the race fit
> inside the hub, that the new race fit too loosely and that I needed to
> replace the hub or go through a painstaking process with a very patient
> parts person to find a bearing with the same inner diameter, but with a
> slightly larger outer diameter.
>      He recommended replacing the hub because you can't tell if the hub
has
> been worn out evenly (and thus the bearing may fit slightly off-center).
My
> problem is, how do I find a hub?  I know I can go to ebay and keep an eye
> out.  The car was sitting because I knew I needed to replace the bearings.
> Now it is sitting because I need to replace a hub.  Is there a giant list
of
> junk yards that have british cars in them?  How can I find one on the web?
> Moss only sells them for wire wheels.  I don't really care to swap to wire
> wheels.
>      I drive it a couple of days and then it sits for a month.  It gets
> quite frustrating at times.  Eventually, I'll have redone everything again
> (even though I spent almost three thousand just to get it redone the first
> time and that was only two years ago, remind me not to use that shop
again).
>   You'd think eventually everything would be new and it would run well for
a
> while, but by the time I replace everything, the first things will be
going
> bad again.  Although the limp home with a bearing that may be too small
for
> my enlarged hub was quite pleasant even if I never topped 35 mph.
> Thanks for your help or at least listening,
> Ryan
>
> _________________________________________________________________



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