Rear bearings

[Gengis]

Ok Im very confused. Ive been restoring a mk2 Vitesse and it’s all up and running and fine done around 155 miles. I’ve wanted to replace the studs for longer ones for alloy wheels. I brought the correct tool to remove the hubs, fitted everything back together drove down the road and now have a wheel bearing noise from N/S. Striped it out again to find the inner bearing damaged. My question is do all mk2 Vitesse haves spacer between the 2 bearings as I’m sure when I originally striped car when I restored it there were non. And I’ve had know problems until now when I’ve taken it apart to change the studs. 

[Pete Lewis]

Mk2  is rotoflex there are certainly spacers and shims between the two brgs, to control the end float , if they are missing you can seriously over tighten the hub nut and pre load the bearings , death is quick . as you have found 

spacer shims are available from e bay , with more range of thickness than most retail suppliers 

there is a spacer tube and then shims to adjust the end float.

Pete