Wheel bearings...

mike mikemk40 at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 28 15:46:19 EDT 2000


if they have split inners the bearing is not loaded
until it's tightened up and so will (can) move about
in all directions....but even then there should be no
roughness

having read the original post i am more concerned
about the lack of circlips

mike

--- james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote: > 
> --- mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > do they have split inner races?
> > 
> > mike
> 
> Yes, they do.  These 2 races can seperate slightly,
> but evenly.  They don't seem to cock at all.
> 
> > --- james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote: > 
> > > --- mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > i thought that some movement was to be
> expected
> > > till
> > > > they are tightened up..don't they have split
> > > inners?
> > > > > 
> > > > > My guess is that they were pressed in using
> > the
> > > > > inner race and they're
> > > > > buggered.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > >  Phil Payne
> > > 
> > > I can only report that my new ones, SKF made in
> > > Italy,
> > > have no play and very smooth, controlled
> rotation.
> > 
> > > Much different feel than the orig. FAG's with
> 184k
> > > miles.
> > > 
> > > Jim Accordino
> > 


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