[Synchro909]

Repair kits sold by the vendors are of poor quality - all of them regardless of where they are made. I'm about to do away with the Ford arrangement all together. I'll be using new modern cylindrical roller bearings (2 each side) grafted into the hub and onto the end of the trumpet. Bearings are 50 x 80 x16mm with a 10mm spacer between them. I know of people who have used ball bearings but I don't think they wil be ideal because the end float of the axle will overload them - they ae not a thrust bearing. The roller bearing will allow a bit of end play without disaster. I belive that is why Henry used rollers.