28-03-2021, 08:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 28-03-2021, 08:59 AM by Bob Culver.)
On the car Girling brakes can be locked with the adjsuters and others by wedging the cable tight. Or a panel of wood can fit 3 studs and be finished flat to sit on the ground or blocks when axle still on car.
If resorting to crude bar between studs less damage if the studs are tightend but without running wheel nuts down to any stretched or damaged part of thread. Maybe refit drum and a washer and reverse nuts. Can protect nuts with strip of wood.
And back to the original. Some tilt in bearings does not mean worn; depends on grade but many are finished capable of handling slight misalignment. Every surface of balls and tracks can usually be viewed in good light for any sign of pitting. Roghness is very often due a trace of dirt, brush bristle etc Cages must be intact with no cracks. Some rear bearings have been overloaded due running with a broken axle.
If resorting to crude bar between studs less damage if the studs are tightend but without running wheel nuts down to any stretched or damaged part of thread. Maybe refit drum and a washer and reverse nuts. Can protect nuts with strip of wood.
And back to the original. Some tilt in bearings does not mean worn; depends on grade but many are finished capable of handling slight misalignment. Every surface of balls and tracks can usually be viewed in good light for any sign of pitting. Roghness is very often due a trace of dirt, brush bristle etc Cages must be intact with no cracks. Some rear bearings have been overloaded due running with a broken axle.