M880 Front Hub bearings loose

[NDT]

Guys got an issue with a buddy's 880. He decided to rebuild the front axle hubs using new bearings. Upon reassembly, the rotor wobbles back and forth about 1/4". Looks like the old bearings had been loose and spinning in the hub, and now the new bearings are loose too. Any simple fixes for this I am missing? I can think of replace housing, bore out and sleeve, bore out for oversize race, others?

 

[Kerogane]

Here are several fixes for the worn front hub. We used to fight these all the time at our shop in the 70's & 80's. Smart move find a NOS hub, might be one out there surplus. Saturn Surplus used to have a lot of M880 NOS parts. You can KNURL the old hub, this will tighten the bearing and have seen it work quite awhile. I've even seen some spot weld a NOT TOO BAD baring to the hub. This is probably not recommended. This whole setup wasn't the best as most people didn't find the grease fitting in hub (access by a hole in the rotor) until it was TOO LATE! Just knock the lug studs out and the rotor will come off the hub. Hope this helps! mike