New hub bearings too tight on stub axle!?

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

I’ve recently cleaned painted my hubs and changed the bearings with Timken bearings and new seals to find that they don’t slide over the stub axel!

Stub axle is nearly 0.5 mm bigger than the bearings!

Has anyone had problems with this in the past?

thanks

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

Did you buy the wrong bearings?

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

I bought them from Paddocks for my series 3 and I presume that they are!

Blackburn · May 16, 2020

Depends on which year and 88/109

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

Thanks my LR is SWB on an X reg! Red engine block Ex military

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

Looks like they might be wrong then! I’ve spent spent £100 on oem bearings (ffs)

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

pre 1980 has 2 different sized bearings and after that they were two the same size I think.

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

Yes that’s correct the inner bearings are smaller than the outer bearings

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

Partington7928 said:
Yes that’s correct the inner bearings are smaller than the outer bearings

Better send them back then, Paddocks are pretty good.

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

I stupidly started this late last summer and work and buying a property has stalled the progress!

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

Partington7928 said:
I stupidly started this late last summer and work and buying a property has stalled the progress!

Oops!

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

I’ll clean them up and put them on eBay!

I thanks I can’t believe that it’s only 0.5 mm out as well!

Hicap phill · May 16, 2020

Partington7928 said:
I’ll clean them up and put them on eBay!

I thanks I can’t believe that it’s only 0.5 mm out as well!

could you buy new stubs?

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

True could take 0.5 mm of my front stub axles

steve2286w · May 16, 2020

Would they fit the rears

Partington7928 · May 16, 2020

I’ve checked my hubs and I appear to have correct bearings at the rear inner

but they still won’t fit tight to the back plate

They can’t be right bearings as they don’t fit deep enough in the hub

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

steve2286w said:
Would they fit the rears

I'm pretty sure the bearings are the same front and rear, I've bought kits that seem pretty universal.

steve2286w · May 16, 2020

As above up to June 80 same front and rear 88 , not sure about military, I know there are various stub axles and if they got changed for a different model/ year it could make ordereing correct part hard
I was going to change one of mine but then found out it was the rare expensive one so on it stayed!

Rodeo Joe · May 16, 2020

steve2286w said:
As above up to June 80 same front and rear 88 , it sure about military, I know there are various stub axles and if they got changed for a different model/ year it could make ordereing correct part hard
I was going to change one of mine but then found out it was the rare expensive one so on it stayed!

I think they are pretty much all the same size till they go metric the only difference is that some have a ring and others have it as part of the stub. Got a series 2 1960 hub and a 1978 and they're both the same.....both 109 it has to be said.

Blackburn · May 16, 2020

Your vehicle axle could also have been changed.
Some actual bearing numbers in this pdf awhile since I did it so not sure if both types in there.

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