New Bearing Re-Assembly
Ron Van Putte
vanputte at nuc.net
Wed Jul 9 09:02:33 AKDT 2003
John Ferrell wrote:
> Before you go to much trouble looking for that "sleeve" to use for
> pressing, sort through your socket set!
>
Yeah. And if you don't have the right size socket, it's a good excuse
to buy another socket set.
Ron Van Putte
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Cone <mailto:cone.man at verizon.net>
> To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:02 PM
> Subject: RE: New Bearing Re-Assembly
>
> Gentlemen,
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> Having been a Millwright many years ago one of the first things
> you learn is to never pound a bearing into place. Always press,
> never pound. Pounding causes microscopic flat spots on the balls,
> which leads to early failure. For the size bearings we are dealing
> with the drill press is a good choice. Another is to make a sleeve
> to go over the crankshaft and use your vise to press it into
> place. Always press on the inner race, never on the outer race as
> pressing on the outer will also cause flat spots when the bearing
> hits home and you put that little extra force on it to make sure
> it is all the way on. We need to take every precaution we can to
> make sure our bearings last as no one likes to change them any
> sooner than necessary. Hope this helps.
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> Dennis
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