Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 08:45 AM |
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Simple tip for fitting wheel bearings
Just a quick one. I got my alloy cortina hubs yesterday from Rally design plus a set of wheel bearings. No fitting instruction are supplied but since
the metal is soft compared to the normal steel I didn’t want to hammer the bearing shells in as normal.
So instead I heated the hubs up in the kitchen oven at 240 degs and the bearing shells just drop in snugly with some gentle tapping with a pair of
drifts (two table spoons), finally gripping as they heat up inside the hub before moving onto the next shell.
It did take a few hours to cool down before I could fit bearing races. The quality of the machined surfaces is pretty good, especially where the
shells fit so it all worked just fine 
Oh and thanks all for the advice on getting the hubs
[Edited on 3/9/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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nick205
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 08:49 AM |
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nice when things work well isn't 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 08:55 AM |
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yeah one of the few times things go to plan 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 10:44 AM |
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When I did mine, I actually planned a bit more in advance and put the bearings and shells in the freezer the night before doing them. I used gas mark
6 for the hubs and I haven't got a clue what that is in deg F. Mine were still a little snug going in as the anodising appears to be quite
substantial!
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markyb
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 11:53 AM |
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I tried all that with mine and they still didnt fit - took them to a garage who said there wasnt a chance of them fitting as I needed the hubs skimmed
- luckily I know a man with a lathe
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