[AT] Yanmar

[charlie hill]

You know those bearings look something like some bearing I've seen somewhere 
in an old bicycle.  Maybe in the steering tube?  If that's where I saw them 
I guess I know where Yanmar got the idea.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Yanmar


> Oh I see,  I've seen bearings like that a long time ago but don't remember 
> where.  At any rate it is amazing what is out there if you know where to 
> look and obviously you do Farmer.  Actually I guess it's really not that 
> amazing when you think about it.   For the most part when folks build 
> something they don't re-invent the "wheel" they just get a catalog and see 
> what is available that will work.
>
> Glad you found a source.
>
> Charlie
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> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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>
>> On 24 May 2006 at 16:06, Gerald Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> When we owned a power equipment company, we frequently ran into bad 
>>> bearings
>>> on equipment that had been out of production for many many years.  We 
>>> did as
>>> Charlie said, got the ID of the housing and the OD of the shaft and then 
>>> we
>>> went looking.  Actually, NAPA was our first stop as they carry (or at 
>>> least
>>> they did at that time) a large selection of bearings that we could match 
>>> by
>>> diameter from their books!   We once matched up a complete set of 
>>> tapered
>>> roller bearings for a Wisconsin AC4 power unit I was restoring and it 
>>> was
>>> made in 1942.  NAPA had them for us the next day!  It's certainly worth 
>>> a
>>> try.
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>> Western, NC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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>>>
>>>
>>> > Farmer,
>>> >
>>> > Find your calipers and get the inside diameter of the housing that the
>>> > bearing race runs in.  Then get the shaft diameter and go to an 
>>> > industrial
>>> > bearing supply house.  They should be able to find a suitable bearing 
>>> > in
>>> > their catalog.  Hopefully there is a stock bearing that will work.
>>> >
>>> > Charlie
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Charlie &Gerald:
>>
>> These are not "regular" ball bearing assemblies like would be used on 
>> most
>> shaft applications but are made to serve much more like a thrust bearing 
>> with
>> the load being supported more like at a 45 degree angle. Maybe like 
>> miniature
>> ball bearing front wheel bearings... Is that making sense??? I'll try to 
>> get those
>> cup races out and who knows... Maybe I'll get lucky and a race will have 
>> a
>> number in it. I have several major bearing vendors available in 
>> Indianapolis. The
>> concave round part of the shoulder on the shaft serves as the inner race.
>>
>> WOW!!! I just did a quick Google search on another computer and hit a 
>> place
>> in Texas that has the bearings (and a lot of other parts) well listed.
>> Here is their page to those bearings...
>> http://www.hoyetractor.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=194750-15520
>> I might even be able to give those numbers to my regular vendor and part 
>> of it may
>> match a stock item.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "farmer"
>>
>> I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
>> me at once.   :-)
>>
>> Refurbished Shopsmith's
>> Good used SPT's
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>>
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana, USA
>> robinson at svs.net
>>
>>
>>
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