Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1918 — REPLACE BEARING ON WHEEL. [ARTICLE]

REPLACE BEARING ON WHEEL.

Best Way to Accomplish Task I* to Slip Short Length of Pipe Over the Spindle. In replacing a bearing on a front wheel spindle for which it is a tight fit, the car owner sometimes 'slips the bearing on the taper end of the spindle and then uses the wheel as a hammer to force it home, wheel and bearing sliding into position of the spindle at the same time. This is poor business, as the strain on the bearing may break the hardened shoulder of the inner race, which Is meant to withstand wear, but not shocks of this kind. The best way of accomplishing this work is to slip a short length of pipe over the spindle, the inner end resting against the inner race of the bearing. By hammering the outer end of the pipe carefully, the bearing will slip into place without trouble.