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02-10-2020, 04:33 AM | #1 |
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Cleaning the center bearing.
So I've got a Nos center bearing for the torque tube and it needs a clean. Normally I just wash bearings in petrol and spin them dry but I don't want to do anything the hurt the rubber casing on this one.. Suggestions on what to use just to make sure?
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02-10-2020, 05:20 AM | #2 |
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Re: Cleaning the center bearing.
Ultrasonic cleaner would do a good job and you can use pretty mild detergents.
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02-10-2020, 08:06 AM | #3 |
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This looks promising: https://www.wd40.com/products/indust...gth_degreaser/
and https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simple-G...3440/206624118 GOOGLE the following: Grease remover that won't harm rubber. |
02-10-2020, 11:27 AM | #4 |
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Re: Cleaning the center bearing.
I wouldn't suggest spinning or spin drying a bearing after removing all of its lubercation.
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02-10-2020, 11:29 AM | #5 |
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I was taught just that John back in tech school
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I always appreciate being told "WHY", or the consequences, to do or not do something. It seems to reinforce the instructions
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Why on a ballbearing is...if you have friction you get heat...then you get expansion and galling that destroys the bearing surfaces and even catasthrophic failure.
You want the very boring version on geometry of the ball in the race and more why´s i can extend it... |
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Welcome to my club
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That's the problem - imagine you are spinning it with it wedged onto one or two of your fingers. When it seizes... well you can imagine what it would do.
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At least you're still here to talk about it! LOL
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When I said spinning it dry , I use fuel so it drys drys quick I wouldn't sit there for ten minutes doing it What about something like white spirits to wash, I assume that shouldn't effect the rubber??
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Once.. When I was a kid my mom had a pressure cooker. It had the top you put over the steam vent so when it was boiling the top rattled. I thought it was cool. Decided one day to boil some eggs.. What better way than to use that cool pressure cooker pan.. I didn`t know you were supposed to cool it and let off the pressure before opening.. The results were not good. Lost a bunch of skin from my face and arms. (egg everywhere) Thanks to my quick thinking sister she covered me with vanilla extract and it didn`t blister or scar. Just turned dark brown which promptly came off when I got in a fight a couple days later.. I have done a lot of dumb sh*t but that was up there with the worst.
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Well if it was a front wheel bearing Im taking note J, because I never in a million years would imagine one letting go like that , and Ive done heaps.. So the lesson is dont let it spin..
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