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A tip: I found when fitting the lock washer (rear hub Nut 2A7250) axle bearings is to bend the tab slightly inwards first before refitting, which helps its location no end, otherwise it's very tricky and nigh impossible!

The bearing stands proud of the hub to allow the bearing to be nipped up tight in ... wrong. There is no BMC torque specified for the rear axle hub nuts. They just have to be done up very ... size socket and a breaker bar. You can pack the bearings with wheel bearing grease. Also pack the ...

Yes ESM wheel bearings fitted perfectly, I took 10 thou of the cone as suggested, re fitted the bearings and hub torqued the nut to 55 fp
The hub rotates smoothly with zero axial movement
Perfect!
Thanks for all advice.

My recommendation is to take 0.10" off the bearing spacer and go from there.
Not all factory made bearing spacers are the same length and even swopping from side to side can cure the problem.
The front hub bearings should be assembled as per the schematic below.

1971 minor Just fitted new wheel angular type wheel bearings (not tapered) from ESM , with the hub nut torqued to 55 fp and the shoulder of the bearings facing each other and spacer cone fitted ...

Hi all Bearings replaced the groaning bearing on the off side was very difficult to remove, as in ... very tight on the spindle. I did a pressure fit to get the bearing into position with hub as a guide. This worked and once everything was bolted up all seemed to be running smooth. ...

... the part of the top hat spacer that fits over the original Minor hub seal seat and the swivel machined face otherwise the top hat spacer will not be fully home against the shoulder so causing the bearings to sit incorrectly which will effect the positioning of the disc. You ...

The castellated front hub nut should be only tightened to 5.5kg. m. to give the correct preload on the hub bearings. "Corrected to give nil play" - that could mean new bearings or as may be the case the ...

I have a 4.55 MM rear axle on my early series two (1953) I fitted new wheel hub bearings but left the bearing and seal on the diff as that was quiet. ...

I am refitting the O/S front hub (Marina disc conversion) and have fitted new taper roller bearings and tapped in the new bearing outer races so they appeared to be fully home. I am using the axle ...

... off the ground and trying to rock it top to bottom. I had replaced the bearings in both front hubs before the trip. I removed the split pin and tightened the hub nut a small amount and ...

Instead of using the damaged sleeve I personally would use the new hub from ESM as shown in the link below:- https://www.morrisminorspares.com/brakes-c42/front-disc-brakes-c45/marina-front-hub-new-minor-4-pcd-with-bearings-studs-seal-p829471 It covers all the shortcomings of the sleeve and is a direct ...

... way too much. Do not think tightening the bearing would degrade the top hat surface. Since the top hat is not available I am going to put new bearings in and if the inner lasts another 1500 miles that will be ok as only doing about 1000 in a year. Cannot see any other simple way forward.

That top hat sleeve needs to be replaced. To be blunt - I think that the bearings have been fitted with insufficient play. To remove the top hat sleeve you could try a screwdriver between the inner end of the sleeve and the swivel machined face or grind (with ...

How do you get the top hat sleeve off anyway. Note not available. Do you think I can get away with the existing one looking at the damage, how could it have got into this state.

Stephen
Yes the item in your link above is the item required.
As you say unfortunately out of stock.
Phil

Is it this? Out of stock unfortunately

https://www.morrisminorspares.com/modif ... y-p1238945

... hubs-only-p1238945 As I explained in my post above I have got Morris Marina ... is there to make up the difference between the Minor and Marina hub bearings.

Bearings out not much effort needed on the inner which was partially loose but outer needed some good whacks to get it moving. The inner marked PCB225W (cannot find any reference to this code) similar dimensions to Timken ...

Obviously if the outer race has been rotating in the hub that isn't right. You could try using a bearing retaining liquid (thread lock) ... to be able to be taken apart in future.By the way, don't throw away old bearings. They are not useless, they make excellent tools to tap new bearings ...