19-02-2019, 09:50 PM
Having decided to tackle the rumbling rear main bearing on my box saloon that has been getting increasingly noisy since I bought the car in October, I ordered a new bearing from The Seven Workshop. To be fair, Jamie did tell me that he was currently unable to get the RHP bearings and offered me a Hoffman bearing instead. Knowing that Hoffman are a well known brand ordered one, which arrived today. When i unpacked it, although it says it is an MRJ1 1/4" bearing, it is uncaged and, of course, fell into it's component parts as I examined it. The old bearing is a Ransome and Marles caged bearing.
Has anyone experience of using uncaged rear main bearings? And, if so, am I likely to run into any problems with running and what is the best way of fitting them so that the rollers don't end up all over the workshop floor?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Has anyone experience of using uncaged rear main bearings? And, if so, am I likely to run into any problems with running and what is the best way of fitting them so that the rollers don't end up all over the workshop floor?
Any advice would be much appreciated.