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| Did this bearing REALLY need changing ? |
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| Brass_Machine:
Nah. A few more seasons were left in that bearing. Just needed grease! How did it even spin? Eric |
| John Stevenson:
Normal everyday job. Least the shaft was good. Typical one. Shaft worn but not that bad. Impellor was worse. This is what it SHOULD have looked like. |
| awemawson:
Well if the flail shaft had been knackered I'd be really in the smelly stuff, as its 6 foot long with loads of sticky out bits to attach the swinging flails - no way I could spin that on my machinery |
| mattinker:
I suspect, that if need be, you'd have found a way! Regards, Matthew |
| awemawson:
Well after a very frustrating few days at last the bearing has been replaced. As you saw in the previous picture they first supplied a square 'supposedly compatible one but the mounting holes were different centres, that was replaced by a circular one that had the same mounting hole centres, but the mounting holes were 10mm not 12mm and the bearing projected too far back 'into' the machine. At last, last night another pair arrived that were right :ddb: Only took under an hour to get them mounted and tested, so long grass watch out - I'm now going 'equipped' :lol: Turns out that the German manufacturer of this flail had specified a Japanese version of this style of flange bearing (denoted by a J on the end of the part number) that slightly differs from the normal standards :bang: |
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