[AT] Spam> bearing cross-reference

[John Hall]

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