help i need hubs
Old(s) Fart
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 50,539
From: Northern VA
A J88 should use the same hubs as an A-body (Cutlass/442). I'm curious about the recent spate of people needing hubs, however. What's wrong, exactly? The only thing I can imagine are either broken wheel studs or torn up races for the bearings. Both can be replaced.
Old School Olds
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 9,265
From: Marble Falls TX
Joe, I think the holes are starting to waller
out from all the Chiniesum bolts that don't
fit right. Yes, they fit ok for now, but the shanks
where they fit in the hub are short on the 'grabbers',
for lack of the proper name. Over time they kill the hubs.
They just don't fit worth a damn and can loosen up, and if your not
careful, you have a wheel that wont come off because the
bolt is spinning in the hub.
I remember years ago, you had to heat and beat to get the
factory ones out... they fit that well. They never spun out,
they freaking broke or stripped the threads.
out from all the Chiniesum bolts that don't
fit right. Yes, they fit ok for now, but the shanks
where they fit in the hub are short on the 'grabbers',
for lack of the proper name. Over time they kill the hubs.
They just don't fit worth a damn and can loosen up, and if your not
careful, you have a wheel that wont come off because the
bolt is spinning in the hub.
I remember years ago, you had to heat and beat to get the
factory ones out... they fit that well. They never spun out,
they freaking broke or stripped the threads.
Last edited by tru-blue 442; Jul 12, 2013 at 06:33 PM. Reason: spln
Old(s) Fart
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 50,539
From: Northern VA
Joe, I think the holes are starting to waller
out from all the Chiniesum bolts that don't
fit right. Yes, they fit ok for now, but the shanks
where they fit in the hub are short on the 'grabbers',
for lack of the proper name. Over time they kill the hubs.
They just don't fit worth a damn and can loosen up, and if your not
careful, you have a wheel that wont come off because the
bolt is spinning in the hub.
I remember years ago, you had to heat and beat to get the
factory ones out... they fit that well. They never spun out,
they freaking broke or stripped the threads.
out from all the Chiniesum bolts that don't
fit right. Yes, they fit ok for now, but the shanks
where they fit in the hub are short on the 'grabbers',
for lack of the proper name. Over time they kill the hubs.
They just don't fit worth a damn and can loosen up, and if your not
careful, you have a wheel that wont come off because the
bolt is spinning in the hub.
I remember years ago, you had to heat and beat to get the
factory ones out... they fit that well. They never spun out,
they freaking broke or stripped the threads.
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