Hello,
I have a 1953 3100. I am redoing the front brakes and removed the bearings and races for cleaning and regreasing.
My front left inner race (the race to the inner bearing, that just sits on the spindle/and inside the hub, not the race that is pressed into the hub), is worn. As I am out of the USA, and parts are difficult to get to me. I am trying to understand at which point I need to be concerned about wear.
I can't get a pic right now, but the race is pitted, and there appears to be a grove worn into it. The bearings seem fine, with no 'obvious' wear. So, it is not apparent where this wear came from.
While the following link is for the outer set, and mine is inner, the race is similar to, yet larger, than the race on the far left of this pic.
Race When I took this hub off of the spindle, this bearing remained stuck on the spindle. I am thinking that the PO didn't have the hub tightened correctly, and caused the hub to work a bit off of this race. Don't know.
In any event, I know that it is something that if in the US I'd just go ahead and replace. Right now I need to know what I CAN continue to use without cause problems down the road.
Any suggestions?
