front wheel spacer tolerance

[RS Thornton]

Anyone of you know how close the length of this spacer needs to be? I had some difficulty getting a bearing out and wound up leaving a few witness marks on one side of the spacer. I can buff it up, but I was thinking that this might affect the load and postion on the inner races of the wheel bearings. I do have a NOS replacment, so could toss the old one.
Thanks in advance.
Scott

[fredintoon]

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Anyone of you know how close the length of this spacer needs to be? I had some difficulty getting a bearing out and wound up leaving a few witness marks on one side of the spacer. I can buff it up, but I was thinking that this might affect the load and postion on the inner races of the wheel bearings. I do have a NOS replacment, so could toss the old one.
Thanks in advance.
Scott

Hi Scott,
that's the sleeve that sits between the front wheel bearings to keep them the proper distance apart?
I would guess that the length tolerance for such a component woud be ~ +/- 0.010". The bearing pockets in the hub would be bored deep enough that the bearings would not be side-loaded even if tightened onto a minimum tolerance sleeve.
So long as the original sleeve has not been shortened by your removal efforts (check it against the NOS one) just bung it back in.