[AJD] Model L steering box

[Brad]

John,
I see now. That which I posted is a plain ball bearing, not tapered as your
photo shows. We have a good relation with Motion Industries at my place of
work, I'll see what Rick can come up with. They are really good about
finding odd stuff for us at the winery as most of our equipment is European
and metric, and just plain weird. The are under the same umbrella as Napa
Auto Parts. Your bearing photo harkens me back to my early wrenching days as
a youth on my Schwinn Sting Ray in the early 60s. I used to re-pack my
bearings a lot for whatever reason.

Brad Loomis
San Miguel, CA

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Brad and Duane-

I have  placed a detailed photo of the L/LA steering
box bearing on my website, the link is
http://vintagetractors.com/whatsit.html   It  is hard
to get an exact diameter because the metal retainer is
a bit wavy due to the way it is crimped around the
balls, but here is what I measured with a micrometer
in inches, then converted to mm (25.4 mm per inch):

Inner diameter of retainer: 0.90 inch or 23 mm
Outer diameter of retainer: 1.50 inch or 38 mm
Height of retainer: 0.315 inch or 8 mm

If I am measuring correctly, the dimensions are
different than what you found for the #42 bearing. I
googled #47 ball bearing, but did not come up with
anything  pertinent.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com