<VV> Early model rear wheel bearings

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

Jerry,
I've not heard that one before... to the best of my knowledge the only rear 
 wheel bearing that you shouldn't use is the "Green" Company's bearing. It 
looks  exactly like a 60-62 bearing, but it doesn't rotate axially (picture 
the inside  of the bearing, and instead of having little "whiskey barrels" 
inside, they have  the typical "rollers" like you find in the front wheel 
bearings)...
I have a  set of the Clark's aluminum housing "replaceable" bearings, where 
the bearing is  pressed out of the housing to replace it if it ever goes 
bad... got them about 7  or 8 years ago. Funny, I don't see them in the 
catalog now... and I've got about  60K miles on them...
Later,
Lonzo in KY
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2012 10:48:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
air_cooled63 at yahoo.com writes:

I pulled  an engine out of a 64 convertible and discovered that the wheel 
bearings had  been changed to the aluminum case bearings.  Are these the 
bearings that  should not be used for extended driving. 

Jerry in  SC.
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