Rear wheel bearing issues
I'm trying to install a big brake package on my kid's Daytona ES. I'm getting two different options for the rear inner bearings, a SET46 or a SET39. Is it just a situation where I have to match up the numbers on the existing bearings to determine which I need?
Also, has anyone run into a situation where the hub may have been machined for a larger bearing race? On one of my rear hubs, the race literally just drops into the hub, with maybe 1/32" of play. Race number is LM12711, which matches what came out of both hubs, plus two other outer races I had on the wall and both of the new outer bearings. All are loose in one hub, but seem correct for the other hub (I haven't pressed them in yet).
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I've never had a hub that seemed machined.
I just did the rear wheel bearings on my 89 CSX and I believe it was a set 46.
Re: Rear wheel bearing issues
spindles are hardened thus you would not machine them
or,
acid dip a knuckle with an attached or cast on spindle as the acid removes the hardening too
perhaps the sizing difference is in the part sets
berings set ..cup + cone as matched parts
are you using a cone or cup of a different size from a diff mfg or set maybe?
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Both hubs were taken from a '91 LeBaron GTC along with everything else to do the big brakes on the '89 ES. Both of the races I removed say Koyo LM12711; both of the new bearings are Timken LM12711 and the two races I had hanging on the pegboard (which came out of my '91 Iroc) are SKF LM12711. They all fit loose on the one hub and seem just right on the other. I always buy Timken when possible with SKF as my second choice. I can still use one of the original hubs off the ES, I'm just confused why this one hub is so different.
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Okay, so what I found today is that both Set39 and Set46 bearings use the same outer cup JL26710. So my only guess is maybe the I.D. of the cone is different. I haven't found specs for the Set46 yet, but the I.D. on the Set39 cone is 32mm. I'll compare them when I get a chance and see if there's a difference in how they fit the spindle.
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I had a race come loose in my Rampage, I staked it in place and it came loose again after about 6 months. I replaced the hub and converted to discs and haven't had a problem since. I think, for whatever reason the interference fit of the race and hub gets loose and there really isn't a good permanent fix for it. The hubs are pretty universal across drum and disc cars, so it would really be easy to just replace the hub.
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Pretty sure it's a SET 46 based on the LM12711 race number. Looked it up via Timken and it makes sense.
https://cad.timken.com/item/tapered-...m12749-lm12711