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Re: front hub bearings question

To: "Evangelos G. Makris" <egmakris@otenet.gr>, Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: front hub bearings question
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 08:33:43 -0500
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If you look in the Moss catalog, there is a pretty good diagram of how they
are supposed to go (Pg 93 SPM13).

If you look at the bearings, one side of the inner race is wider than the
other. The narrow side goes towards the spacer.

Larry

On 11/4/01 2:51 AM, "Evangelos G. Makris" <egmakris@otenet.gr> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> could you please tell me which side(s) of the front hub bearings should
> face the tapered metal spacer between them?
> 
> The Haynes book says to look for the side marked THRUST but my new
> bearings say "SKF W AUSTRIA 7303B" and "SKF W AUSTRIA 7502B"
> respectively, on their outer races, i.e. there is no "THRUST" marking
> anywhere.
> 
> Plus, I'm not sure the old bearings were installed in the hub in the
> correct order to take that as a guide.
> 
> Cheers
> Evangelos
> 66 Sprite Mk3
> 61 A40 Farina Mk1
> 

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