Vintage Minor Register

M 172, our Winter issue is now complete and being sent to the printers.

M 172 print proof approved today, so printing in progress.

Finally, M 173 - our spring issue can be printed! I have just sent the files to the printers which have just re-opened after the lockdown was eased last week.

And finally, M 174 was delivered to the printers today!

M 175 is already well under way and, as our 75th issue, it will provide a slightly different perspective on the Register!

And now M 175 is off to the printers in record time. Not only that, but our Winter issue - M 176 is 80% complete.

M 175 has been delivered in the UK and across Europe. The copies for our Australian an New Zealander members are on their way to Keith Montell for onward posting, and I am awaiting my copy plus those for our members in the US, Canada and Japan.

Meanwhile M 176 - our Winter issue is 90% complete so will be with everyone in good time for a good Christmas read.

M 176 was shipped to the printers today, so will be with everyone in very good time for Christmas!

Now to start the Spring issue!

Super 'Technical Topic' in M176 on Rear Hub Bearings. I agree with Simon's view that a high torque on the retaining nut seems unnecessary, since no pre-load is expected on a ball bearing - compared to a Taper Roller bearing where the correct pre-load is critical - and the presence of a lock washer surely supports this view.
I was intrigued by the comment that some traders sometimes offer an equivalent to 3LDJ40, and am curious whether these might be the self aligning type, e.g. SKF 1208, as the offset ball arrangement means they maintain the narrower 18mm width, compared to the 23mm of 4208, but its load ratings are only ~60% of 6208.
My reference is a 1981 SKF General Catalogue which contains a lot of useful information on selection criteria, but nothing obvious on retaining nut tolerance. Interestingly, it does give an example of tolerance fit onto hollow shafts for 6208 - is the axle shaft hollow?
BR,
Paul

Hi Paul,

I have copied your comments to a new thread in the Technical section.

Cheers,

Ian

Our spring Magazine - M 177 - is off to the printers tomorrow so should be with everyone by the end of the month or early April. Thanks to all the contributors.

Proof approved this morning, so printing is underway.

Dear Ian,
You may get John Masefield turning in his grave on Page ! "... to the lonely sea and the sky ...". Definitely NOT Hardy.
Mike

Ha, yes!

I was thinking about Lyonesse:

When I set out for Lyonnesse,
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray,
And starlight lit my lonesomeness
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away.

Nothing like it really!

M 178 sent to the printers this morning, so should be with everyone in about three weeks.