<VV> Green Bearings

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Well, Craig, let me be the first to tell you I ran a pair on my 64 Spyder
Convertible to the "very noisy" stage. Too noisy to drive to destruction
stage. I had replaced the original but slightly noisy bearings with the
"Green" bearings available from Clarks (this was about 1979/80) so as to
make the car more reliable. Imagine what I was saying less than 5000 miles
later as I installed used axles to quiet the new noise! ggg

John, just keep an ear out for new bad bearing noises. They usually go from
whine to grind fairly quickly. But unless you are 100s of miles from home,
you should make it back. Just don't think that they will whine for a long
time. Change them when they start to whine.


Frank DuVal

Original Message:
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From: Craig Nicol nicolcs at aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:08:13 -0700
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, pugdog53 at sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: <VV> Green Bearings


John wrote:
I have been told the Green bearings sold for Corvairs are not correct. Is
this true? I have them in my 63 spyder and have been working fine. Will I be
left on the roadside with a burned out bearing some day?
John Weber
63 Monza Spyder

Craig replies:
The original bearing was an "eyeball" bearing because the rear A-arm moves
in a different arc compared to the axle. The Green bearings are fixed solid,
so you have to ask yourself "Where is the system flexing in order to allow
the suspension to go up and down?"  Could be the bearing plate, A-arm
flange, axle shaft, or ???  I haven't heard of anyone running one to
destruction, but something's got to give and that component will fail and
cause a potentially serious rear suspension failure.
Craig
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