<VV> Early Rear Bearings

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Since I only had LMs, never a concern. But pressing bearings onto an axle isn't a unique to the Corvair thing, well, you need to know the shop. As the Stanley Steam car guys will tell you, plan your trip, and know your resources along the way!

By the way, Stanleys are mid engine... <G>

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Jan 8, 2012 12:46 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Early Rear Bearings


Unless you are lucky enough to but a set of "Green" brand bearings. You 
think you are set for a long time of easy driving, and then within 5k 
miles you hear that familiar grinding noise again....

I did that on my 64 Spyder. When I bought it the rear bearings were just 
starting to squeak. So I repacked them, even though the shop manual 
didn't say it was possible. They worked fine for a few years, then I 
redid the car in 1982. Well, I replaced the bearings just to be on the 
safe side. Within 5k miles, both bearings were shot. Then the story of 
the Green bearings came around. Too late for me. If I had kept greasing 
the original bearings, who knows how long they would last? And that's my 
point. Why replace perfectly good parts that can give years of service? 
Just be prepared. If we replaced all the parts on the car, we couldn't 
afford them. Decisions are always made during resurrections.

And I've guess you've never seen shops ruin new bearings trying to 
install them? You need a long pipe to do early bearings properly.

Frank DuVal

On 1/8/2012 12:21 PM, jvhroberts at aol.com wrote:
>   These presses are out there in repair shops. Remember, nowadays, we have AAA 
and cell phones. The idea of doing anything but the most basic and simple 
repairs by the roadside is, well, absurd in today's world.
>
> Again, if you have new bearings, what's the likelyhood of having a failure? If 
I had a set of axles with new bearings, I'd install them instead of carrying 
them around!!
>
>
>
> John Roberts
>
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