Yeah, it's pretty well spacers all the way down :-)

Alistair

> On Jun 3, 2015, at 12:23 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>
> At 11:07 AM 6/3/2015, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> The 360 ft lbs of torque is not bearing against the circlip. You
>> could assemble the stub axle, hub, and bearings outside the bearing
>> housing. The big nut presses the hub against the inner race of the
>> outer bearing, which presses against the spacer, which presses
>> against the inner race of the inner bearing.
>>
>> In other words, the stub axle is like a big bolt, with the nut on
>> the end pressing what ever is between the nut and the head of the bolt.
>
> The crucial point is that the forces are all exerted through one side
> of the bearings, without passing through the bearing surfaces
> themselves.  The inner races are simply being fixed rigidly in place,
> with no thrust loads imposed on the bearing assemblies.
>
> Yours,
> David