?
JV,
That makes sense to me. Any issues with
following both procedures? Temp and lube?
Thanks
Darren
? I saw where JV said the casting is aluminum . Mine is cast iron -
which is still worth heating it up a bit though it won't expand as
much as the aluminum . I have had very good luck installing bearings
with a piece of threaded rod or a long enough bolt and some properly
sized washers . Sometimes I'll machine a slug that is a slip fit in
the bore (with a hole in the center for the rod) to keep the bearing
square with the bore . But I don't know what tooling you have
available ...
?--
? Snag
?
There's the whole science of reliability
engineering behind it.. Contrary to popular
belief, properly installed and lubed rolling
element bearing don't wear out, they fail
randomly.
The biggest cause of failure in bearings in
general is improper installation, with being
dinged from hitting them into place and skewed
alignment the main culprits. That's why you
never replace bearings as 'preventative
maintenance'.
So anything you can do to ease installation
is worth doing. The main ones are heating the
outside/cooling the inside so less force
required to get it in place, along with jigs
to push or pull them in squarely and applying
the pressure to the correct side of the
bearing (i.e. never push on the inner to get
the outer to seat) - jv
