circinus Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I did a search but wasn't having any luck. I'm doing my 5 lug conversion and I dont have the original wheel bearings from my 4 lug hubs anymore. I went to the parts store got some A6 or something 6 bearings and the were too small. They only went so far on the spindle. Does anyone know what the right bearing is for it. We cali. the dia. out but had no luck finding the right size with the right race. Got home and thought I was going to be playing with hubs tonight and now....... Man I'm bummed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Has anyone else had this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 For what car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Set 6 maybe? Just guessing... You can look up bearing numbers on http://www.timken.com. Here's the actual page where you can do the lookup: http://www.timken.com/en-us/Knowledge/ForMaintenanceProfessionals/Pages/AutomotiveAftermarketPartCatalog.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Its a 76 280. The 5 lug hubs were off an 85. I tried the A-6 but it's inner is too small and it doesnt go far enough up on the spindle. The dia. I need is 25.5 to sit on the spindles and we looked for one at my local parts store and had no luck. The one the computer and parts book said was a-6. I'm kicking myself in the butt right now for loosing the originals. Thanks so much for responding and for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 I just checked that link and it said set 6 too. I'm going to go shoot some pics and will post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Using the Timken tool, the inner bearing is a Set 6. The actual part numbers are LM67048 bearing and LM67010 race. I can tell you I just put a LM67048 on my 240 strut the other day and it fit fine, and the wheel bearings are all the same from the 240 through the 300ZX. I think you just had it cocked or something. Should fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Heres my photobucket address. I have my slr set up to send them to my mac which uploads them there too. Kinda cool and make uploading pics simple. We tried 6 new ones measured them out. there was a 1mm diffrence. I'm lost. And I dont want to do the tap er down and see thing either. Could file it I guess if I have to. http://photobucket.com/circinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 The originals use to slide right up on there. I had them earlier this summer and even though the spindle was cruddy they still fit. Telling ya they were in that plastic cup for 2 yrs. and now their gone. I guess thats how it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I would clean up the spindles with some scotch brite, then use the hub itself to put pressure on the bearing evenly and see if that works. Just put both bearings in the hub and use the castle nut to draw it down on the spindle. I'm not sure what the problem is, but it should work without a problem, according to the part numbers and all that. If it doesn't go all the way on it should be pretty easy to pry off the spindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circinus Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Well I cleaned the spindle up and it was still not letting the bearing fit on. I took a closer look and measured it and it wasnt true around. Since I build guitars for a living I just decided to true it out by hand. I prob. wouldn't recommend for anyone to do it this way but I build precision necks for guitars so I felt comfortable doing it that way. Now it fits like a glove and measure's the same all the way around. I decided to take pictures of all this so I was wondering should I do a new thread and a write up on my budget 5 lug conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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