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Re: FW: 76 Spitfire - Wheel Bearings

To: tambrose@tir.com (Tom Ambrose)
Subject: Re: FW: 76 Spitfire - Wheel Bearings
From: Thomas Howard <thoward@sdcoe.k12.ca.us>
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 18:14:07 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
At 09:04 PM 5/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Speaking of rear axles: I've noticed while spinning rear wheels, with my
>Spit on jackstands, that the wheels/axles don't run true. That is,
>regardless of which wheels I use, one rear has a total of 1/4 inch deviation
>and the other has 3/16.
>
>I'm not sure if I've expressed this correctly, but I guess my real question
>is: What sort of run-out (if this the term) is tolerable?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom
>4 Spits 
>
>

Side to side, or round and round?

Are you mesuring at the tire, or the rim?

Check at the rim, tires come and go.

Either is too much.

Do you have and play when you hold the tire, when on stands,  very stable,
and push and pull the wheel?


Thomas Howard
1972 Triumph GT6,
(& a good bit of USA iron)


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