MGB Stub Axle/Hub Assembly

How to assemble and shim an MGB stub axle and front hub

[@CaptainFury767]

Excellent tutorial, thanks Andrew. I'm going to replace the hubs and bearings on a '67 Austin Healey (which specifies zero float) but the basics are the same. This was most helpful.

[@jonathangilmore2584]

really helpful! i appreciate you showing the mistakes too, hopefully stop me making them too :)

[@amulheirn]

Thanks - always plenty of mistakes!

[@SweetActivity]

I'll have to do this in a few weeks and this was immensly helpful! Thank you Andrew

[@manekdubash5022]

Great video Andrew, thank you. I'm about to reshim one of the axles on my 1968 B. Biggest problem is getting rid of the old grease so I can measure it all properly!

[@mbhwhitney]

Thanks for this video, Andrew. I'm about to replace the hubs / wires on my '69 and being new, was looking for a good 'how-to'. Cheers!

[@amulheirn]

No problem Mike - hope it goes well for you!

[@Shadowman444w]

The easiest way is to build the hub with a pack of shims which will give a large end float - measure and then reduce the shims to give the correct clearance - a lot quicker

[@davew7133]

Morning Andy. Age old tech question for you. I have some play in my front offside wheel. Slight up/down knocking if I pull the wheel at 12:00/6:00 o’clock. If I measure the end float though it’s around 4 thou. My main question is, if I’m reshimming and the castle nut is a long way from lining up with the hole, do you back off below 40 ft/lb or tighten beyond 70 ft/lb??? My understanding is the torque creates strength in the assembly but overtorquing will clearly damage the bearings. Dave.