I decided the old hub was junk. The new race spun
freely in the hub and also flopped forward and
backward several mm. Clearly not a good thing. I
was told that you can peen the seat and then use glue
to keep it in place but that seemed silly since these
are not really rare parts.

Instead I just got a pair of hubs from a 1970 164.
That car had 170k miles on the clock and the bearings
in that car's hubs were SEK brand "made in sweden"
bearings so I imagine they were factory bearings.
They were also in pretty rough shape with the races
shiny in places and cloudy in others.

They drove out okay with a punch and I hammered new
ones in with the aid of a pair of dies I bought in
a parts store. It's critical to have the hub on a
surface that is sturdy -- when I did this on a block
of wood it just dented the wood but when I did it on
an anvil the race did get driven out pretty quickly.

Everything went together without drama and the wheel
spins freely but with no play at all.

For anyone with more than one volvo, I'd suggest
getting a "new" hub or two from a salvage yard so you
can install the new bearings into the hub without
taking the car out of service. With the new bearings
and races installed and greased up the actual time
with the car on a jack stand was limited to about 30
minutes + 10 minutes spent washing my hands.

Oh -- also I bought the new bearings and races for
$5 each and they are good quality (at least I think they
are -- one made in USA the other in japan so they
probably aren't junk). I also banged my fingers
several times so budget a new bottle of advil and some
ice cubes for the project as well.


Thanks to everyone who told me what I'd need to get
this job done.
chris