On Father's day I took my Maggot out for a spin. On the way home,I smelled oil or something coming from the rear end of the car. I got it home and parked it in my garage. Thinking it was a wheel cylinder or brake line had a leak( car has less than 600 miles on it) I put t off.Today,when I got home from work,I was ready to get it fixed back to running and drive it. I have been remodeling my back room on my house and only now got time to work on the car. Upon removing the rear wheel,I discovered I have a bigger mess than first thought. It appears that the outer wheel bearing decided to destruct. Now I know I have put the pedal to this car a few times and ripped on it,but I never thought it would destruct in 600 miles. I had Monzaz build it 5-6 years ago and was happy that everything was all new. Not blaming Jim at all for the bearing failure. I called him and left a message but I was wondering if anyone possibly would know the correct part number for the bearing? It is so destroyed,I can't make anything out where the number should be..
Pat, Should be the same as mine, the A9 bearing, http://www.summitracing.com/parts/bca-a9 http://jdrace.com/diff_id/10b85.htm
After a bit more investigation and a phone call from Jim,I can say that the driver side is perfectly ok. Jim says that the bearings made now aren't the same width as the originals and that he is trying to have some shims made so the bearing wont go into the housing as deep as they do. It looks like I just need some good bearings,a new seal and a retainer to be pressed on.Anyone have a source for old A9 bearings and seals? How about a source for the retainer? Napa has them but in a kit that has chinesium bearings..
The seal Timken 712146 Seal by Timken http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001544S5S/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_XWw5tb11CK34Q
