[Spits] Wheel Brg. questions

[Garry Hamblin]

If you are having fit problems with your brake discs in relation to the brake
calipers, you almost certainly have the dust seal the wrong way around.  The
felt on the seal goes against the suspension upright, not towards the
bearings.
Pull out the seal and replace it with another inserted the other way round.
If you are gentle enough removing them, you may even be able to reuse them.
You may find that the felt material has wicked up a lot of bearing grease
however, so dont be surprised of you have to buy new seals.  No big deal,
they are cheap enough.
I have made this mistake myself, as I am sure have many others.  Easy fix
though.
Good luck.
Garry Hamblin


On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:

> I an assure you that this is not the only situation where repro seals
> aren't made to thee correct specifications...
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Bill Gingerich
<wrgingerich at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I had the same issue when I did my '74 ten plus years back.  I cut the
felt
>> out and used the old shells.  Probably 35,000 miles since then.  No
>> problems
>> that I can see.
>>
>> BillG
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