I have to apologise for anyone who is reading this blog and thinking that I don't do things in a logical order... well that's kind of true. I have many facets of the build which I can work on at any one time and just work on whatever motivates me at the time, so at least the build continues ...
Tonight was something quick & simple - refitting the bearings to the rear hubs. I have reused the Timken tapered bearings that were fitted when I got the car as they showed no signs of wear or scoring on the bearings races. I removed the races when I had all the rear brake & suspension parts sandblasted so had to refit everything. So step by step...
Place the bearing race into the hub (make sure the taper faces out).
Using a hammer, tap (actually not tap... hit. But be careful not to damage the inner surface of the hub) the race into the hub until it's fully seated. Tap/hit the race in a top, bottom, left, right fashion so it gets pushed in evenly. Do this for the both races - inner (shown here) and outer sides.
To repack each tapered bearing, push BEARING GREASE (I use Castrol HTB grease) into the larger diameter side if the bearing with your thumb until it's pushed all the way through. Alternatively, put a blob of grease in your palm and push the bearing onto your palm, forcing the grease through the casing. I recommend using latex gloves because it's pretty messy.
You want the grease to be ALL the way through the case and all the way around. The right hand side of this pic shows what you need with grease all teh way through the bearings. The left hand side still needs more grease.
Give the surface of bearing race a liberal coating of grease.
Drop in bearing and hammer in an inner oil seal until the seal sits flush with the hub surface.
Turn the hub over to expose the outer side of the hub, apply more grease in the center and drop in the spacer.
Again, give the surface of bearing race a liberal coating of grease and drop in the bearing. It's now ready to be bolted back on to the radius arm - don't forget the thick hub nut washer between the outer bearing and hub nut. Tighten the hub nut to 60 lb ft (~81Nm) and then continue tightening until the next split pin slot aligns.
Tonight was something quick & simple - refitting the bearings to the rear hubs. I have reused the Timken tapered bearings that were fitted when I got the car as they showed no signs of wear or scoring on the bearings races. I removed the races when I had all the rear brake & suspension parts sandblasted so had to refit everything. So step by step...
Place the bearing race into the hub (make sure the taper faces out).
Using a hammer, tap (actually not tap... hit. But be careful not to damage the inner surface of the hub) the race into the hub until it's fully seated. Tap/hit the race in a top, bottom, left, right fashion so it gets pushed in evenly. Do this for the both races - inner (shown here) and outer sides.
To repack each tapered bearing, push BEARING GREASE (I use Castrol HTB grease) into the larger diameter side if the bearing with your thumb until it's pushed all the way through. Alternatively, put a blob of grease in your palm and push the bearing onto your palm, forcing the grease through the casing. I recommend using latex gloves because it's pretty messy.
You want the grease to be ALL the way through the case and all the way around. The right hand side of this pic shows what you need with grease all teh way through the bearings. The left hand side still needs more grease.
Give the surface of bearing race a liberal coating of grease.
Drop in bearing and hammer in an inner oil seal until the seal sits flush with the hub surface.
Turn the hub over to expose the outer side of the hub, apply more grease in the center and drop in the spacer.
Again, give the surface of bearing race a liberal coating of grease and drop in the bearing. It's now ready to be bolted back on to the radius arm - don't forget the thick hub nut washer between the outer bearing and hub nut. Tighten the hub nut to 60 lb ft (~81Nm) and then continue tightening until the next split pin slot aligns.
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