Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 and people think i stretch the problems it happens !!!!!!!!! pleased you escaped without too much grief im sure stick with the rattling good fit design and it only lasted 50 years rear hubs geta squiter of grease in the service schedule front hubs dont and the float gives the shuffle needed to spread the grease into the race its not rocket science all the bearing life and lubrication took years of testing and appraisal which we cannot hope to replecate whats in the manual does as Triumph designed being clever doesnt always work out well you know me a avid hate of MUST HAVES sorry they all cause grief in the end Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted June 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mjit said: And sometimes a friendly MOT tester will tell you "There was too much play in the front wheels so I tightened them up for you". I though that was great service...till the d/s outer race friction welded itself to the stub axel a couple of days later, on the motorway (thankfully only at ~40mph), snapping the axel. Thankfully the brake disk/caliper were strong-enough to keep the wheel on and the weight on the inner race... Sounds like a good argument to fit one of these kits so MOT testers wont go whacking up our wheel bearings😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, johny said: Sounds like a good argument to fit one of these kits so MOT testers wont go whacking up our wheel bearings😂 Sounds more like an argument to find a competent MOT tester. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted June 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Ah good luck with that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Foster Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 I used this Shacktune kit but shimmed it up so I had 0.002" free play. This was used in conjunction with new stub axles and bearings, as the old stub axles were quite worn where the inner part of the bearing had been rotating. (190K miles though to be fair). Vertical links also replaced. Paranoid me!!? IIRC the likes of the MGB use the spacer as part of the standard set up. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 37 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: and people think i stretch the problems it happens !!!!!!!!! pleased you escaped without too much grief im sure stick with the rattling good fit design and it only lasted 50 years rear hubs geta squiter of grease in the service schedule front hubs dont and the float gives the shuffle needed to spread the grease into the race its not rocket science all the bearing life and lubrication took years of testing and appraisal which we cannot hope to replecate whats in the manual does as Triumph designed being clever doesnt always work out well you know me a avid hate of MUST HAVES sorry they all cause grief in the end Pete Hi Pete , can you grease the rear hubs on a Mk2 Vitesse. ? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 paul good point no there is no provision to add a greaser to lubricate a rotaflex rear hub only on swing axle hubs the need for endfloat applies quite small but 0.0005 - 0.0025" Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky_Spit Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Ian Foster said: I used this Shacktune kit but shimmed it up so I had 0.002" free play. This was used in conjunction with new stub axles and bearings, as the old stub axles were quite worn where the inner part of the bearing had been rotating. (190K miles though to be fair). Vertical links also replaced. Paranoid me!!? IIRC the likes of the MGB use the spacer as part of the standard set up. Ian I put one of the Shacktune kits on my Spitfire a few weeks before the last CT Ten Countries event. The kit is very well engineered and works perfectly. There is none of the front brake pad knockback as before and so you get instant front brakes. We did the whole event with no problems. But, as soon as we got home I took them off and reverted back to standard; I just didn't like the new "feel" and missed the slightly longer pedal action. It just didn't feel like the car I'd known and loved for 40 odd years. All this sounds a bit stupid I know, but I'm happier with it back as it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 I’ve also just fitted the Shacktune conversion on my Mk2 Vitesse . Well machined and enough shims to achieve the correct spec . A 5 mile test and early days the steering feels tighter and more precise. I use a temperature laser gun ( Aldi £15ish) to monitor bearing temperatures and so far it’s fine . I initially used the gun to set the rear brake shoes . Initially one side was binding and burnt my hand checking the hub so now use the laser gun . Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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