[AT] Bearing Application needed

[Gene Dotson]

    Brad

My son,also Named Brad, Is an engineer at Chrysler corporate headquarters. 
He has been project engineer  of different projects like SRT engine and was 
project engineer of the Challenger Retro project. His assignment now is 
inventorying all parts corporate wide to identify duplicate parts and 
materials. Quite a task and have already identified a lot of common or 
duplicate parts.

                Gene




-----Original Message----- 
From: Gunnells, Bradley R
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 9:28 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Bearing Application needed

That’s such a true statement. You find out pretty quickly those guys behind 
the counter that aren’t able to help you unless it’s the most basic of 
tasks.

The bearing story hits home. A few weeks ago I asked this list about the 
electronic ignition (I needed the ignition box) for a continental Y112. I 
was opting to go with the suggestion of a new Pertronix distributor just to 
get the machine running again.

After a little searching I found that JD used that same engine in one of 
their older skid loaders. Called the dealer and no dice…part discontinued. 
(I do like this parts guy BTW). Back to the drawing board. Found a NOS on 
eBay. 1/4 cost of new distributor. Once the unit arrived I looked a little 
closer at the markings. Sure enough Prestolite was stamped on it. Seems the 
ignition module is the same one used in IH trucks and other things. If I’d 
have found this earlier I could have stopped at my local parts store and got 
one off the shelf.

Some of the castings are manufacturer specific but so many belts, bearings, 
and other things are off-the-shelf parts. You’d think with all this 
technology we have now that we could cross reference some silly numbers.

Ok…rant off.  :-)

Brad




On 1/5/16, 11:59 PM, "at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Greg 
Hass" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of ghass at m3isp.com> 
wrote:

>Several years ago; turns out it was 10, the main cylinder bearings on my
>IH No. 82 pull type combine went out. I was told they were no longer
>available but they found 2 from one of those guys who buys old new
>stock; at a premium price of course. This fall one failed again,
>although 10 years had passed, it only did 200 acres. I think them old
>new stock bearings probably had the grease dried out. Anyway, I went to
>see what I could get. Was told they were a fairly common bearing (i.e.
>fit several machines) and they had 4 in stock. Why wasn't that info
>available the last time I needed one. These companies are so quick to
>change part numbers and such that even they can't keep things straight
>and we , the customer, end up paying the price. The other thing is the
>person behind the counter. 90% of your luck rests on them. At our
>Case-IH dealer we have two real good people and two that I will no
>longer allow to wait on me they are so bad. P.S. I use the 82 pull type
>combine to harvest the 26 acres of black beans I grow each year.
>                Greg Hass
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