Front hubs

[biomed32uk]

I have my front suspension stripped at the moment for an overhaul, so all bits on the bench for a clean and paint etc.

I have cleaned the front hub bearings of old grease etc, when spinning the hub it seems to be out of balance with quite a wobble. I have just got some oil in the bearings at the moment, so when slid onto the swivel pin I can get quite a spin on it, the swivel pin gains quite a wobble. The swivel pin is also on the bench and being held while doing this. The hub will allways return to one position wherever I put it.

I would have expected the hub to be balanced, or is this normal. It has all been fine on the car with no steering wobble.

Am I being daft here and missing the obvious, does it need the brake drum to balance it up. The bearings are fine.

Just a thought but I am only nipping the hub nut up for testing on the bench, when its torqued up does this pull everything in line ??

[andypocock]

Grease it up, stick it all together, bolt a wheel on, adjust the brakes, then give it a spin and see what you think.

It's a Morris Minor hub not a heart bypass pump. I like your thinking but in this instance don't worry. Where the hub stops now is irrelevant once all that additional mass is bolted to it.

[biomed32uk]

Thats the precision bit of me coming out, I am sure it will all change once the mass of everything is back on there. It just seemed a little odd.

Greased up and back on they will go.

All I need now is a new LH swivel and we are good to put the whole lot back, lets hope the new swivels are made correctly this time round !.