kfairbank1982 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Hi. have recently been overhauling front suspension system on my spit. Just replaced the hub bearings and am having trouble installing the felt seal. If I assemble the hub to the stub axle without the seal, and finger tighten the castleated nut... back off etc. hub spins freely. However if i install the seal and reasseble, finger tightening the nut will not allow the split pin to pass through the axle and the hub has some resistance to rotation. What I'm getting at really is that the hub seems to sit about 1/8" higher with the seal than without, and I'm guessing this is not right as the bearings cannot be seated on the taper correctly??? Any ideas gratefully accepted, sorry for the long and convoluted post for such a simple problem.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cureton Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Are you sure the old metal ring has been removed? It's very easy to remove the felt and leave the ring behind - I know, I've done the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfairbank1982 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yep, pretty sure, I have installed the new seal with the metal ring against the face of the virtical link, when I then slide the inboard bearing on, it rests against the felt, but with some play against the axle, as before without the felt the bearing drops onto the axle by about a further 1/16 - 1/8" it's as if the felt is too thick?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 kfairbank1982 wrote:Yep, pretty sure, I have installed the new seal with the metal ring against the face of the virtical link, when I then slide the inboard bearing on, it rests against the felt, but with some play against the axle, as before without the felt the bearing drops onto the axle by about a further 1/16 - 1/8" it's as if the felt is too thick??Metal ring goes against bearing/hub-side. Felt should be against vertical link. Carefull not to bend metal ring when you press metal ring down in hubRegards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfairbank1982 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 The seal now fitted the correct way round! damn moss catalogue misleading diagram! still the same issue, the inner part of the bearing sits inside the metal ring, allowing the outer part to contact the ring causing resistance... annoying me now!Thanks all for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 kfairbank1982 wrote:The seal now fitted the correct way round! damn moss catalogue misleading diagram! The diagram is copied from the original factory literature - they always showed it the wrong way round too!Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfairbank1982 Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 looking at the old seal, which has lost it's metal ring, the new one seems to be about twice as thick, would it be a really really bad idea to reuse the old one without the ring? This will allow my bearingto seat properly on the axle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 If you omit the metal ring, the felt will be in direct contact with the inner bearing. The new felt will compress in use, far better than risking contaminating the bearing with fibres,Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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