Adjustable rear hub seals..Whaaaaat????
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Re: Adjustable rear hub seals..Whaaaaat????
Rob, when I was at sea we only used to rough jobs out until we reached port. Even in a moderate sea the dial gauge used to move as the ship pitched and rolled!! All precision stuff was finished at anchor or alongside.
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Re: Adjustable rear hub seals..Whaaaaat????
The hubs that came off (1964) had the corners below the bearings cut back (yellow) so that the radius of the bearings wouldn't interfere. The ones I put on didn't have this feature and I checked that the radius was acceptable before putting the new bearings in. The red bit shows the recess for the seal. It isn't 100% necessary to force the seal all the way back. IIRC, the seals are only about 3/4 the thickness of the recess they fit into, so you can leave a little gap behind them to let you prise them out easily whilst also running the seal on a section of axle tube that has been kept clean and oiled.
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Re: Adjustable rear hub seals..Whaaaaat????
Rear wheels off today for a check-up and the whole assembly is spotless. Not a drop of oil anywhere. Paper gasket has crushed down to barely half the original thickness, suggesting that it has done the job just fine.
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