<VV> The "Fix it on the road" list of tricks

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

That's why we have reputable vendors now! Hopefully, they only carry the ones that work as they should. 
 

 

John Roberts
 

 

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From: kevin nash <wrokit at hotmail.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Jan 8, 2012 4:34 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> The "Fix it on the road" list of tricks





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>  1. It's big.
> 2. It's a large chunk of dead weight. 
> 3. An axle with a new bearing is better used in the installed position. 
> 4. It's a piece you don't have to carry as inventory. 
> 5. An axle with a new bearing installed will last a VERY long time, and 
becomes something you don't worry about. 
> 6. If you are worried about it, replace the rear wheel bearings every 10 
years/50,000 miles, and again, becomes something you'll NEVER have to worry 
about!
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> I have driven my Corvair 1600 miles in one trip. All I carried were basic 
tools, a fanbelt, and I kept my total spares to under 15 pounds, and only then 
these were things I either couldn't get at FLAPS, or things I knew weren't 
reliable. Like rocker arms and pushrods, since I couldn't afford the fancy 
roller versions.  After all, I was a broke kid back then! But wheel bearings? If 
I had new ones, I installed them! That way, I could replace them at my 
convenience, not the wheel bearings' convenience!
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> John Roberts
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John your point about having a new bearing being better than a used one makes 
perfect sense- assuming that the new bearing really works as well as the old 
one.The problem with early rear axle bearings has ALWAYS been (until a few years 
ago) that the "new" bearings did NOT swivel as far as the original ones did, 
anddid not last anywhere near as long as the original ones did- my understanding 
is that the non-original ones could sometimes fail in only 5000 miles!- given 
that it's easy to see why some might feel the need to carry a spare well greased 
original one, not knowing when the others are going to fail ("new" or 
otherwise). It's all true that it would be much better to get a set of new wheel 
bearings (the good ones that swivel as far as the originals) mounted and 
installed- but then again, for a car thats not driven very often- it's probably 
more of a case of "it aint broke dont fix it".  On my list of preventitive 
maintenance items is to get a set of new rear wheel bearin
 gs,but in the mean time, the re-built set that are in now have worked just 
fine- I have put approximately 20,000 miles on them, they havent started making 
any noise yet!Kevin Nash 		 	   		  
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