thatcher.hubbard
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- Joined
- Aug 21, 2013
- Location
- Seattle
I took the stock front suspension off of my car today and then got started putting a set of new coil overs on. They're GAZ units I got from Yoshifab. Part of the process was having another board member find me a pair of front spindles from another ABS 240, then having them shipped off to England to get cut/welded to new shock bodies.
The spindles have the same stamp on them as the ones that came off the car: 01. But for some reason I can't get the hubs/bearings to slide onto the "new" spindles. They measure out at 35mm and a hair, both the new and old ones. I can get the hubs to slide back on the original ones from the car.
I don't want to try to force a bearing race onto a spindle, am I just being an idiot here or is this a thing? Should I try to spray some propellant on the spindles to cool them down a bit? I know I don't want to heat up the bearing races because they have to slide on right over a rubber seal.
Taking the suspension apart is easy. First side took me 2 hours, second side took probably 35 minutes.
The spindles have the same stamp on them as the ones that came off the car: 01. But for some reason I can't get the hubs/bearings to slide onto the "new" spindles. They measure out at 35mm and a hair, both the new and old ones. I can get the hubs to slide back on the original ones from the car.
I don't want to try to force a bearing race onto a spindle, am I just being an idiot here or is this a thing? Should I try to spray some propellant on the spindles to cool them down a bit? I know I don't want to heat up the bearing races because they have to slide on right over a rubber seal.
Taking the suspension apart is easy. First side took me 2 hours, second side took probably 35 minutes.