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Old 19-12-09, 10:00
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Originally Posted by cca View Post
1/3rd is enough. Manufacturer's recommendation. I have changed my bearings after 2 years. Lower one was gone. Black and rusty. Unbelievable.
When I did my bearings course a few months ago, they told me no more than 2/3rds.


The problem being with a bearing is because of the tight tolerances they're likely to sqeeze grease out from between rollers/balls so they taught us that 2/3rds was enough to keep plenty of grease between faces prevent loss of lubrication from not having enough. At the same time is doesn't hydraulically lock...
That bearings shouldn't be removed from the packaging untill they're to be fitted... to not clean the oil off them they come in (unless its an lub oil bearing of which we have a fair amount of on plant!)

etc...

Different teachings I guess!


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