Sorry for replying late, haven't been getting notifications that I got replies
I can't get a pic for another week or so since the PC guy told me it would be 2 weeks out before they'd be done, due to the holiday. (I already gave them my first set of LCA, knuckles, etc. to coat)
I checked NAPA for another Spindle since they looked like they can just be pressed in and out, but they don't have any.
When I was bringing them into the shop, they'd gotten some dust on them, and I didn't notice the edge as much as before. I don't think you'd even notice any deformation with a picture.
The discoloration is just a bit of a brown splotch from where the center of the bearing would sit.. maybe just some grease that got hot and left a stain?
On the hub from the better side, the bearing was sitting snug and solid, but the bad side the hub would wobble maybe 2-3 mm side to side, but the play looked to be in the bearing only. I wouldn't be surprised if that is 85% just the bad bearing.
The new bearing in the new Koyo hub is NTN, which is the OEM bearings (based off the old bearings I had in mine, front & rear, being NTN).
By the way, is the O-Ring behind the retaining ring supposed to keep the grease from leaking out when the bearing is hot enough to make the grease liquid??
To be honest, I don't really get how sealed bearings like this retain their lubrication considering that they don't sit in any oil at all...? [First time ever doing auto-bearings, and a lil confused]
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