I have met bubba and he is me. This weekend I was installing new wheel bearings on the front of my '65 and thought I had done enough research to perform the job correctly, but no. While removing the races, I used a punch to contact the small shelf of the race that is visible from the four notches in the hub from the back side. Well, the punch came in contact with the hub surface and nicked it in a few places.
These kicks were very small and probably 0.1% of the surface area of the race seat, so after making sure there were no burrs I was able to install the new race with no trouble. I looked back at the old threads and noticed that someone had advised using a brass drift. That makes more sense, now, and I'll use that on the other side, which I haven't done, yet. I just wanted to make sure this was posted, so that others don't use punches, screw drivers, etc. for this. Of course, maybe everyone else already knew this, but in case there are others like me....
I was able to purchase an installation tool, and would highly recommend that for installing. The races went in snugly and smoothly using it.
George
These kicks were very small and probably 0.1% of the surface area of the race seat, so after making sure there were no burrs I was able to install the new race with no trouble. I looked back at the old threads and noticed that someone had advised using a brass drift. That makes more sense, now, and I'll use that on the other side, which I haven't done, yet. I just wanted to make sure this was posted, so that others don't use punches, screw drivers, etc. for this. Of course, maybe everyone else already knew this, but in case there are others like me....
I was able to purchase an installation tool, and would highly recommend that for installing. The races went in snugly and smoothly using it.
George
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