Front Hub bearing spacers for Elan/Plus 2
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:08 pm
Dear all,
I am looking into getting some hub bearing spacers made, to fit the Elan/Plus 2 stub axle, as well as the later (stronger) Spitfire/GT6 stub axles. The theory is that because the stub axle can flex slightly under loads, the disc tends to knock back the pads, so that when you come to brake, you have to pump the pedal to get the pads back into position. By effectively stiffening the stub axle with a tubular spacer, this doesn't happen. This spacer is shimmed such that the bearing clearance is correct with the hub nut tight, as opposed to the floating castle nut and split pin method. A company called Revington make these for TRs for about ?75/pair, http://www.revingtontr.com/product/rtr3 ... el-bearing, and MGB's have them as standard. I don't however see any for the smaller Triumph uprights that we used.
So would anyone be interested in a pair of these? Similar price.
The attached photo is of the 39mm gap between the inner races that the spacer would fill.
Mark Hollands
Louth
01507 355867
[email protected]" target="_blank" target="_blank
I am looking into getting some hub bearing spacers made, to fit the Elan/Plus 2 stub axle, as well as the later (stronger) Spitfire/GT6 stub axles. The theory is that because the stub axle can flex slightly under loads, the disc tends to knock back the pads, so that when you come to brake, you have to pump the pedal to get the pads back into position. By effectively stiffening the stub axle with a tubular spacer, this doesn't happen. This spacer is shimmed such that the bearing clearance is correct with the hub nut tight, as opposed to the floating castle nut and split pin method. A company called Revington make these for TRs for about ?75/pair, http://www.revingtontr.com/product/rtr3 ... el-bearing, and MGB's have them as standard. I don't however see any for the smaller Triumph uprights that we used.
So would anyone be interested in a pair of these? Similar price.
The attached photo is of the 39mm gap between the inner races that the spacer would fill.
Mark Hollands
Louth
01507 355867
[email protected]" target="_blank" target="_blank