[DeTomaso] Discolored front spindle

Mike Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Sat Apr 3 20:32:31 EDT 2010


The rollers all look fine.  The stain is on the underside of the spindle as
it is mounted on the car, or the load side.
Thanks Dave
Mike 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Londry [mailto:davel at emspace.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 2:17 PM
To: Mike & Elizabeth
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com; doug351c at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Discolored front spindle

Mike
Do the rollers themselves show discoloration or galling? (an overheat would
originate there) Also, is the stain on the side that bears the static load?
dave

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Dave Londry
6143



Mike & Elizabeth wrote:
> I was checking the front wheel bearings on 6328 this morning, and found
> something interesting on the driver's side spindle and inner race of the
> inner bearing.  As you can see in the pics at the following link . . .
>
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=18408
>
> Both the spindle and inner race of the bearing are discolored.  What is
> interesting is that the discoloration starts at a specific spot on the
> spindle (right photo) and the bearing (though not as obvious), then trails
> off about 1/3 of the way around.  I'm not sure it this is heat damage, or
if
> I got some water in there, and this was the beginning of some corrosion.
>
> What I need to know is if this looks like something I'm going to need to
> replace the spindle for, or just buff it and put in fresh bearings.
>
> As always, thanks for the help!
>
> Mike Thomas
> Yellow 74 L #6328 
>
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