Wheel Bearings Done

As I said before, I had the chance to get the wheel bearings fitted at an auto shop. I went this morning with my friend and future builder José to that place, that he knew and recommended.

The shop was "Antero Pereira Classics & Racing" and the cars that sat there to fix, prepare or restore were wonderful. Besides several Mini, there was a Lotus Elan, an MG TD (I think), a BMW 2002, a couple of Ford Escort RS, a 4th generation Chevrolet Corvette and a racing Porsche 996 GT3-RSR. Some of the cars race on Portuguese classic championships, the Porsche on the Portuguese GT Championship. Talks were about the last season race, the last hill-climb, next year's championship, regulation changes... I even met the Porsche driver. Visiting that auto shop was, in itself, a wonderful experience!

Back to my car, even with proper machinery, preparing the parts to receive the 8 wheel bearings and inserting them took a while. Watching it happen was accompanied with questions about what I was building followed by some warnings, advices and stories about converting the registration of UK registered cars. I also got some advices on front upright assembly.

Three hours later I was back home and very happy!

(2011/01/01 EDIT: Before pressing in the wheel bearings would have been the right time to press or hammer in the wheel studs on the flanges... I left it for later and it is still looking to be a hard problem to tackle...)