Hey Neil, yeah, why not have a go at measuring. More data points the better.

Alistair

> On Jun 2, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not the most adept at measuring but if it's of any help, I have a
> spare used stub axle and hub from an '85 "Transporter" I can measure.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On 6/2/15, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> ....
> 
>> On a used stub axle and hub, when hub installed on axle, but not pressed
>> down by nut, just pressed on by hand, space between the surfaces that the
>> inner bearing and the outer bearing lie against measures 76.1 mm.
>> 
>> To be clear, the hub is pushed down until it fetches up on the end of the
>> splines.
>> 
>> So you have, nominally, 2.7 mm of room before the hub bottoms out on the end
>> of the splines on the stub axle.
> 
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