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 Topic: Conway wheel bearing replacement
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20/7/2013 at 3:07pm
Location: Wrexham North Wales
Outfit: Eriba 540 Troll
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Whoa! A spacer will not be made out of plastic! Are the bearings tapered or not. If tapered they are fitted totally differently to non tapered. Anything plastic is usually for dust or dirt protection. Trust me I am qualified mechanical engineer. You can always phone me. Will give you my number if you want
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20/7/2013 at 10:13pm
Location: West country
Outfit: Mondeo
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Plastic on the inner bearing is usually an oilseal to keep the grease in and is probably part of the bearing.
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21/7/2013 at 6:36am
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Is it the seal as in this bearing, i dont think you will find any spacer made from plastic, unless a previous owner has done a botched conversion .
Bearing seal
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22/7/2013 at 8:27am
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The bearing shown by alpiner is not a tapered bearing. If yours is tapered there are usually two fitted to the stub axle. The race(s) are usually a press fit into the hub and the tapered bearings placed in by hand. Is this your set up? Maybe you looking at the opposite side set up has cured the problem for you
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22/7/2013 at 9:04am
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 here's a picture of the grease/dirt seal from the other side: the other one was damaged and then destroyed whilst cutting the bearing off.
its 50mm wide (to fit inside the rear of the hub and provide the seal), fits a standard 1" axle and is approx 6mm deep which in effect is the spacer. its made of plastic.
the bearings in the hub are standard tapered 44643.
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22/7/2013 at 9:07am
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pictures uploaded.
its 50mm wide to fit inside the rear of the hub body and sealing the inner bearing.
it fits a standard 1" axle.
its about 6mm deep in effect acting as a seal and spacer.
i'll be contacting a bearing supplier some time this week but will also ping an e-mail off to who i think made it as well.
any help appreciated!
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23/5/2020 at 7:22pm
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Look you probably won't feel this is the answer you want to hear but wouldn't you be better getting it fixed by a mobile caravan engineer.
Surely if somebody knows what they are doing I.e an expert it can't take long to do and thus wouldn't be that expensive.
Presumably the previous owner didn't go very far if the tyre was rubbing on the body?
They must have been quite lucky not to have a serious accident, with a blow out.
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