[Zmagnette] wheel bearing lubrication

[Steven Trovato]

Thanks Fletcher!

-Steve T.

At 08:58 PM 3/7/2014, Fletcher Millmore wrote:
>Steve-
>Not yr day!
>68895 is not shown in Magnette/MGA Special Tools, but is in the 
>TD/TF book - a normal long legged puller to pull the inner bearing.
>when it sticks.
>
>It is the bearing which sticks, not the center or rear spacers. Badly written.
>
>"grease retaining disc & felt washer" is a reference to very early T 
>series, which did not have an outer grease cap - guy's copy & paste 
>got out of control!
>
>As I said, dress the spindle down to an easy push fit for the inner 
>bearing - this is an unbelievable PITA for service, and is totally 
>unnecessary.  I really hated it when I was doing lots of cars. Often 
>the tightness was clearly due to dings or other damage to the 
>spindle, but I doubt that even 20% of hubs were tight enough to need 
>a puller, including TD/TF/.MGA/Spridget, starting in 1965 for me.