are two shims OK?
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Racer
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From: London Ontario
are two shims OK?
Maybe a dumb question but...
I'm replacing my rear wheel bearings and need about .206 shim for .001 endplay
the thickest shim in the kit I bought is .149
Can I place two .103s together?
Thanks for the help
I'm replacing my rear wheel bearings and need about .206 shim for .001 endplay
the thickest shim in the kit I bought is .149
Can I place two .103s together?
Thanks for the help
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BUT..to answer your question...when you stop and think about it....your are tightening the bearings together to 100 lbs/ft so that means that the shim(s) and spacer and bearings are all touching and tight against one another. So...even though I would not do it and find out what is wrong...I feel that you should be OK. The dynamics are the same...the only difference is that you are using two shims.
DUB
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Racer
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I bought a Set up Tool from a popular vendor and found the new bearings wouldn't fit at all so I had to emery paper the tool to make the Timken bearings slide freely over the tool.
I'm hoping the Set up Tool is accurate
I'm hoping the Set up Tool is accurate
Last edited by yyz1970; Feb 18, 2016 at 07:24 PM.
Melting Slicks
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If the originals didn't need that many their is no way the new bearings / races would need the extra
Instructor
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I got my tool from Ecklers, bearings fit snug but would slide easily. I would mic. the old bearings and compare to the new just to make sure the bearings are ok. Also as an FYI , I found aftermarket shims that had a .002 difference measuring around it's perimeter. End play would never settle in the same when I spun the tool. I had to take a larger one that was true and mill it down to what I needed.
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Thanks for coming back and telling us the end of the problem. So many times people are helped out in a thread and it just ends without anyone knowing if their advice was correct or not. 
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All the set-up tool is doing is allowing you to set up the bearings ( DUH
)...( sometimes what I wrote is kinda stupid and redundant)...so as long as the bearings slip onto the tool and you can check the run-out/end play....the tool is not the problem. it is only mimicking the spindle.
I SECOND THAT!!!
GLAD he got it. I had a feeling something was not right.
DUB
)...( sometimes what I wrote is kinda stupid and redundant)...so as long as the bearings slip onto the tool and you can check the run-out/end play....the tool is not the problem. it is only mimicking the spindle.GLAD he got it. I had a feeling something was not right.
DUB
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The exact same place many of us were at ...BEFORE the internet. On the phone ..making phone calls...building your network of people you trust in helping you out that KNOW what you are trying to do. OH...it was FUN back then.
DUB
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