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Aug 27, 2007 | 03:43 PM

Ronaldo

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Front wheel hub?

Will this fit on a '68 corvette?

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...2&dept_id=1520

I can't find one for a '68

Aug 27, 2007 | 03:47 PM

Van Steel

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No it won't fit. You have to buy a 69 & up front spindle and steering arm in order to make it work.

The small diameter 65-68 are becoming harder and harder to find. I am currently having them made but will not be done for at least another 90days.

Aug 27, 2007 | 03:50 PM

Van Steel

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Will yours not take a race?

Aug 28, 2007 | 04:42 AM

Ronaldo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Van Steel

thanks for the information. What seemed to just be a destroyed bearing in the start, looks like it is going to be a little more expensive.

What is the diameter on the big and the small hub? Maybe mine has already been changed?

Last edited by Ronaldo; Aug 28, 2007 at 04:56 AM. Reason: spelling errors :-)

Aug 28, 2007 | 04:55 AM

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Quote:

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Will yours not take a race?

No, the race has spun around in the hub and has damaged it so much that the race can be moved around in the hub :-(

Aug 28, 2007 | 11:17 AM

Barry's70LT1

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Originally Posted by Ronaldo

No, the race has spun around in the hub and has damaged it so much that the race can be moved around in the hub :-(

This recently happened to my Brother's car. He took the hub to a machine shop (with the new race), and they machined out the hub and pressed in a sleeve.

It looked and worked as good as new.

Barry

Aug 29, 2007 | 02:30 AM

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Quote:

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This recently happened to my Brother's car. He took the hub to a machine shop (with the new race), and they machined out the hub and pressed in a sleeve.

It looked and worked as good as new.

Barry

I'll try to look into if that can be done :-) Thanks

Aug 29, 2007 | 10:08 AM

OzzyTom

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry's70LT1

This recently happened to my Brother's car. He took the hub to a machine shop (with the new race), and they machined out the hub and pressed in a sleeve.

It looked and worked as good as new.

Barry

I did exactly the same to both my front hubs.
Just make sure you do a followup wheel alignment after the repair..... there's a possibility that the new bearings might be on a slightly different plane after machining the hubs.

Mine is working as good as new now.... eradicated a lot of the high speed wander I experienced previously.

cheers

tom