some bearings are the same, but come with different thickness races.
I did this on the ford fs bronco and had to go back to the store and get the
bearings with thinner races.
the part # was 1 number different, but the races were thicker.
old john

"wortho" > wrote in message
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> I am in dire need of assistance as I have changed my bearings and repacked
> the hub with grease and trying to install the disc assembley back onto the
> stub axle, but it seems as though it is not going back far enough to allow
> the calipers to fit on.
>
> The car is a FJ40 Landcruiser 1976 and I am installing a FJ60 disc brake
> assembley and swivel hub.
>
> I have measured the bearings, they are the same sizes (as the old ones), I
> have checked the gaskets between the swivel hub and rotor backing plate -
> but, it seems to need to go back about 5mm for the calipers to line up
> correctly.... the only thing I can think of is maybe putting it all on the
> car and just tightening the hell out of the locking nut in the hope that
it
> will compress the seals or something....??
>
> Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated - thanks very much in advance...
>
> Wortho.
>
>