[Spridgets] Why?

[Michael Rowe]

I have been good, haven't I?  

I conscientiously reported failures and successes,  Yes, Ed, I read the manuals that said I must be scrupulously clean when rebuilding a hub.  I would even have sacrificed a virgin in the Hawaiian manner, if I could have found one.  (This is no longer easy, even in a Bugeye.)  

So why did the outer bearing fall out onto the dirt instead of the rug I had carefully placed for that purpose?

Michael Rowe