Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

hi,
can anyone tell me what lotus used as bearings on rear +2 uprights,and even a source for these and the circlips for them.

Hi

Try trade suppliers of bearings such as SKF/RHP in the yellow pages under bearing stockists.

All you need is either the old bearing or the part number.

Much cheaper than Lotus specialists!


John

hi,
thats fine but i have no bearings,so no idea of part numbers,have uprights with no bearings in them see.

Hi! not totally sure,but i think inner rear wheel bearing was same as escort mk1 and2 rear,without the retaining collar.outer bearing is the same as diff output shaft bearing,i think a 6206 type,will confirm part numbers in next few days, cheers
martin

Outer bearings are SKF 6206-2RS or equivalent, the most common bearing in the world I think and available everywhere from any bearing supplier

Inner bearings are a little harder to find. They used to be in SKF kit 2737 in Australia which was the pair of rear axle bearings for a range of cars and included spacers that you did not use. Last time I bought some, my usual SKF supplier could could not supply the kit and ordered in bearings for me from FBJ part number 411546R.

The inner bearings have following dimensions if trying to track down

OD 62.00 mm
ID 29.96 mm
width of outer race 21.00 mm
width of inner race 23.95 mm
with rubber seals both sides

regards
Rohan