New Bearing Re-Assembly

[Ron Van Putte]

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,
>
>     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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