Re: CF Bedford Van
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:59 pm
yeah used the falcon bearing inner......
Inner Wheel Bearing Set - XA - XF Falcon
Cone L68149 - Bore ID. 34.987mm - 1.3775in
Cup L68110 - Cup OD. 59.131mm - 2.3280in
from memory the commodore hub has the right inner bearing OD for the falcon bearing and then that fits the bedford stub perfectly.....
the problem was there is no off the shelf bearing for the outer that will fit the hub and the stub. On the Bedford forums it seems people machine down the stub axle to suit the right bearing, i didn't want to do that as:
1. weakens the stub axle
2. machining a part that is not a consumable and not easy to find spares
so instead i found a bearing that was the same ID as the bedford stub outer bearing, but had 4mm bigger OD (i think) and i just got the hub machined 4mm to suit it..... and im pretty sure from patchy memory that the bearing i selected has like 200-300kg more load capacity than the stock bedford bearing set.
so in theory i just replace bearings and shouldn't have an issue, and the chances i need a new hub are pretty slim, and even if i do its not a lot of work to machine it to work.
im also assuming an engineer is going to be more happy with a machined hub (with still like 10mm meat around it) than machining the stub, and also a higher rated bearing has to be better too.
If you do need any info i have a lot of bearing numbers and specs as well as the timken cattledogs to go along with them, i wasted a lot of time looking through bearings to find my solution!
Inner Wheel Bearing Set - XA - XF Falcon
Cone L68149 - Bore ID. 34.987mm - 1.3775in
Cup L68110 - Cup OD. 59.131mm - 2.3280in
from memory the commodore hub has the right inner bearing OD for the falcon bearing and then that fits the bedford stub perfectly.....
the problem was there is no off the shelf bearing for the outer that will fit the hub and the stub. On the Bedford forums it seems people machine down the stub axle to suit the right bearing, i didn't want to do that as:
1. weakens the stub axle
2. machining a part that is not a consumable and not easy to find spares
so instead i found a bearing that was the same ID as the bedford stub outer bearing, but had 4mm bigger OD (i think) and i just got the hub machined 4mm to suit it..... and im pretty sure from patchy memory that the bearing i selected has like 200-300kg more load capacity than the stock bedford bearing set.
so in theory i just replace bearings and shouldn't have an issue, and the chances i need a new hub are pretty slim, and even if i do its not a lot of work to machine it to work.
im also assuming an engineer is going to be more happy with a machined hub (with still like 10mm meat around it) than machining the stub, and also a higher rated bearing has to be better too.
If you do need any info i have a lot of bearing numbers and specs as well as the timken cattledogs to go along with them, i wasted a lot of time looking through bearings to find my solution!