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Crypty's front hubs-advice needed

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Dale, run out is basically the same as wobble, to use a highly technical term.
When I first glanced at the picture, I thought I was looking at the scene in the emergency room!
Don't scare me like that! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif
Jeff
 
Dale, the correct amount of packing grease is good. Some people think that if a little is good then a lot is better. Not true here. Overpacking can cause a real mess. It will sling grease out everywhere.
 
Dale, buy a box of latex gloves....
 
Or better yet invest in a wheel bearing packing tool. They can be obtained at most any automotive parts store, and are relativedly inexpensive. AND it beats the daylights out of doing it by hand. BUT latex gloves are still a needed item in this case.
 
I've tried one of those ... waste of money and grease, IMO. Plus you have to clean it carefully every time you use it, or it will wind up forcing dirt into your nice clean bearings.

I'll stick with doing it in the palm of my left hand; which isn't nearly as messy as Dale's photo shows.

Also don't like latex gloves; they fall apart so fast when exposed to petroleum products (like grease or solvent). Nitrile is better, but they still don't last very long, and make it harder to work IMO. My hands also get soaked with sweat if I wear them for very long; but likely others won't have that problem. And since my hands will get dirty when they inevitably tear anyway ...

Call me a Luddite ... I even leave my cell phone in the house when working on cars /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Man, I just hate DPO Pedro so much sometimes
I want to scream and bust windows or stomp
empty beer cans.

Wheel bearing grease and packing?? All new to me guys!
Never seen it done; was following text directions.
Latex gloves are for girly-guys, unless it's caustic.

Back to my rant!!

I just got back from the specialty fastener store.
I had my bag of Crypty stuff that needed replacement
with non K-Mart pieces or rounded off by the vicegrip
tool the "boys" usually used. My mind was elsewhere when
I handed the young man my bag and quantities wanted.

1/2 hour later he's got a nice rows of new fasteners
sitting in front of me on the counter. Then my brain
kicks back in. "I really sorry son, but are any of these
fasteners metric?"

"Yes Sir", he replies. "Most of them are metric."

DPO Pedro and his junkyard mechanic!!!!! Blast it!!

So I spend another 45 minutes trying to convert DPO
Pedro's metric into what I hope will be proper American
fasteners. So tomorrow will be day three of installing
wheel bearings in a single wheel. BLARGH!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dale

Sorry to hear your woes, but I do like your neatness.

Pat
 
GB1 said:
Dale

Sorry to hear your woes, but I do like your neatness.

Pat
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Yeah, neat is good and all but the next time I want photos of Triumph parts laid out in granite or marble, Dale's area of expertise.
 
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Remember to tell your doctor that next time your prostate gland is checked. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

Seriously, there is stuff in modern lubricants, solvents, paints, cleaners and other stuff we use in the shop that is not meant to come in contact with your skin. If it dissolves latex, what do you think it is doing to your epidermis?

That said, I do not always wear gloves because I am to lazy to put them on, or have run out of them.
 
TR6oldtimer said:
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I think that's considered caustic enough!
 
Bill-

Your wish is my command.

How about Garnet Gem granite as a background?

je,je,je,je!!!

Yupper, that's MY area of expertise.

I think I'll do a video clip of TR parts and
Tinster stone.

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Okay, the latest greatest glove are black Nitrile, a lot stronger than the blue nitrile, more flexible, increases tactile feel.

When you packed the bearings, did you fill the roller races?

Way to do it, is put a wad of grease in the cupped palm of one hand, take the bearing in the other hand and wipe it down into and through the grease roller, through the outer cage and inner race, start with one or two rollera, from the widest part of the bearing, when the grease comes out of the narrow part of the bearing filling the space around the bearing roller, keep turning the bearing and do the next roller(s). Continue until you have the whole bearing packed. Remember only need to put appx. a tablespoon in the hub between the races for the inner and outer bearings, and a teaspoon in the dust cap, after you tighten and adjust the bearing.

On the bolts, Metric cotter pins will work, and you MAY have metric bolts that mount the caliper, depends on year and caliper. Course Pedro may have put non stock parts on, so better to match and replace what you have.
 
Thanks Ron,

In general, if the fastener is thru-bolted with a
locknut it is usually a PDO Pedro K-mart metric special
and I throw it away and purchase according to Bentley.

If it is a bolt going into a threaded hole, I clean and
tap/die all the threads and reuse the fastener unless DPO
Pedro has the heads so rounded off with vice grips, they
need to be replaced.

I hope to reinstall everything today and the Car out for
a short test run.

thanks for the help.

d
 
Progress made:

Passenger front wheel bearing install
day three end at 7:00 PM

The inner and outer wheel bearings are both
now pressed into the refurbished hub.
The working area has been cleaned up a bit.

It is now obvious a complete replacement of the
front suspension is badly needed.

Day 4 should see the Crypt Car down off blocks and
in the street.

bearpressed1.jpg
 
Uh,

what do you mean "Pressed" into hub. Hopefully you are talking about the outer races. The bearing assemblies just drop into the hub, rolling on the outer races, then the seal holds the inner bearing in the hub, the outer you install after you put the hub on the spindle.

If you "pressed" these bearing assemblies(the rollers) into the races in the hub, I think you will have damaged them.
 
Thanks for the thought Ron,

No, just the races. I used apiece of 1 1/3" wide flat
steel bar and a tack hammer to "press" the outer races
flush with the hub. That kept everything even and moving
in a smooth manner.

I fabricated a tool from an old flathead screwdriver by
grinding the tip to the wall thickness of the races.
I then tapped the races into final position using
12-6-9-3- clock positions as tap points. The races
seated properly and slid/dropped the bearings into them.


dale
 
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