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On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 23:06:17 -0700 "John T. Horner" <jthorner@garlic.com> writes: >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Cohen <petercohen@unn.unisys.com> ><snip> > >>The car had new front wheel bearings and stub axles less than 12,000 >miles >>ago (although I said at the time that I was worried about installing >>bearings that were made in Slovakia). With the front end jacked up, >both >>wheels feel the same to spin them, and both wheels seem to have about >the >>same amount of play when rocked. > ><snip> > >The wheel bearings may just need to be adjusted. Sometimes after a >short >amount of run-in, new bearings may need a bit of snugging up. > I thought that there shouldn't be _any_ discernible play in the bearings when rocking the tires. This according to The Book. I found a bit of play in one of mine before I adjusted them according to The Book's method. David Littlefield Houston, TX '62 MGA MkII '51 MGTD '88 Jaguar XJ-S _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] References:
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