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Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Strange stub axle problem
The stub axle is more properly
From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The one that welded itself to the race would still turn. When I jacked the
car up it, the wheel had a lot of free play. The bearings fell out from
behind the wheel when I pulled the wheel off the spindle. I had to split
the
race off with a chisel.
This
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:39:17 -0400
archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Subject: [MBZ] Strange stub axle problem
When I greased the front wheel bearings on the '83 300D the new bearing
would not go on. There was a ridge next to where the bearing inner race
seated. I sanded the ridge as much as I
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Strange stub axle problem
From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The one that welded itself to the race would still turn. When I jacked the
car up it, the wheel had a lot of free play. The bearings fell out
for $100 (twice what the junkman would pay) put a new
spindle in from the junkyard and drove it for 2 years...
-Curt
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:43:07 -0500
From: Robert Bigham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Strange stub axle problem
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Tom Hargrave wrote:
The car ran an additional 30,000 miles for us with the free play between the
inner bearing race the spindle. I don't know how the next owner did.
The Horizon was like that the first time I took the back brakes off at
60-70k. It went 232k mi, with no trouble that I
When I greased the front wheel bearings on the '83 300D the new bearing
would not go on. There was a ridge next to where the bearing inner race
seated. I sanded the ridge as much as I dared with emery cloth but the new
bearing would still not go and I didn't want to try and drive it on. I
archer wrote:
When I greased the front wheel bearings on the '83 300D the new bearing
would not go on. There was a ridge next to where the bearing inner race
seated. I sanded the ridge as much as I dared with emery cloth but the new
bearing would still not go and I didn't want to try and
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:39 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Strange stub axle problem
When I greased the front wheel bearings on the '83 300D the new bearing
would not go on. There was a ridge next to where
The stub axle is more properly called a spindle. Was the ridge far
enough
out that it lined up with the outer edge of the bearing race once it was
installed? If so then it belongs there.
It's been a long time. The bearing race seated okay after it got past the
ridge.
IIRC the ridge was
My experience is that Timken bearings are tighter than others (I
believe Benz OEM is SKF). They fit, but they are on the big side of
the tolerance, and getting a race into the hub can be fun. Work fine,
though.
Peter
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That could have been the reason. I think the bearing that wouldn't go on
was a Timken. Maybe I should have tapped it in.
Gerry
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My experience is that Timken bearings are tighter
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