[FC] FC Rear Axle Bearing

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

One thing on the parts house thing.  About 10 years ago the Annual Corvair 
Tri-State meet was held in Las Vegas, New Mexico.  Some of the attendees 
ended up in the local parts house where they found a great supply of 
Corvair parts including early wheel bearings.  The Corvair people were 
willing to buy out his complete stock and the owner was grateful to get it 
off the shelf.  Unfortunately I wasn't one of the attendees who wandered 
into the store while the parts were still available.

Dennis


At 05:02 PM 2/1/2003 -0500, Paul M. Steinberg wrote:
>If the bearing was replaced once, that it the reason that the dust shield is
>missing.. many times the machine shop doing the pressing wouldn't bother to
>put it back... As for the bearing being available, the only way that you will
>find one in a auto parts store is if they have one sitting on the shelf from
>years ago.  That is not likely, because the auto parts houses change bearing
>suppliers every few years because the new supplier will remove all
>obsolescence from the shelf and give them credit towards newer product.  If
>the bearing that is on the shelf is still a current number they will repackage
>it with the new suppliers part number.  Paul in CT