[AT] Spam> bearing cross-reference

[charliehill]

Glad you were able to find them John.

charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> bearing cross-reference


> Thanks for the replies fellows!
>
> Dave, that might prove to be an interesting book as ball bearings hadn't
> been in widespread use that long when it was published. I know IH went to
> ball bearing mains in the 20's, don't know if they were using them as well
> in transmisisons at that time or not. I can honestly say that anything I
> worked on older than that had no bearings or had large needle roller
> bearings.
>
> Charlie, called Motion today and the guy surprised himself when he was 
> able
> to cross-reference them by IH number. His pricing wasn't bad either. If 
> you
> have calipers handy most place can look up seals and bearings by size, 
> I've
> done this with Napa a few times. Now for the shocker---did you know that
> most bearings and seals are METRIC--yes even on stuff that is 60+ years 
> old!
> I imagine a lot of folks just think they are some bastard number simply
> because they don't know how to convert. I have had to convert sizes over
> before so the parts guys could look them up. The real question is how did 
> we
> ever do mechanic work without cell-phones? Sure makes things go a lot 
> faster
> when you are chasing down parts!
>
> Mark, gotta give you credit for being able to do that. I would say that 
> most
> places can't cross by equipment manufacturer number. Without going to a
> whole lot of effort, how extensive is your liisting  by equipment
> manufacturers? Also, your data base is impressive giving you the
> application. Napas did as well but they had one of the bearings listed for
> an M. Also noted that same bearing was a clutch bearing for certain Jeeps
> and also went in a Ford 3 speed.
>
> The bearings I ordered were el-cheapo. The place I ordered them from 
> carried
> multiple quality and configurations. I couldn't see spending $150 bucks 
> for
> bearings considering this tractor is pretty much retired. Just for the 
> heck
> of it I should have priced them at Case-IH. I did have to get a couple 
> seals
> from them--they ain't cheap but at least you know you are getting good
> stuff.
>
> John Hall
>
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