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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2012 18:47:16 GMT -5
I was checking today and the bearings are getting loose in my saw. This will be the third set of bearings since I bought the saw and I am not running it all the time. Not sure what is up with that.
You may have been better off to hit the salvage yard for your vehicle parts. You could probably replace the whole rear end for less than the new parts.
Looks like we have two machinists on board now unless you were the one that posted machine work a short while back. Good to know. Jim
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Jul 29, 2012 20:54:09 GMT -5
It's really hard to find good insert bearings these days. Most are made in China, Korea or Brazil. The size and type of insert bearings I have used in my 10", and 14" Lortone saw's don't even last a year per set for me. You can buy these types of bearings off of the internet very cheaply for less than $10.00 per bearing but I find it to be a real pain to have to replace them so often and have to realign the blade parallel to the power feed track. There are still some good SKF pillar block bearings available for the Lortone 18" saws and the Frantom 14" saw I have which run about $50.00 per bearing. The SFKs are very good bearings. I wish Lortone would modify the design of their 12" and 14" saws so they could use the same pillar block bearings as their 18" saws. I would rather pay more for the bearings and not have to change them every year.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 30, 2012 11:10:17 GMT -5
Jim, no it wasn't us. That machinist is in Augusta, GA, we're in Southern California. The price for used axles from a junkyard weren't that much less than buying new ones, so I'd just as soon get new, and know that they are not worn. It cost me less than $190 for both axles, bearings and seals, with no shipping (Super Saver!), and no sales tax from Amazon. By putting it on a new Amazon charge account, I have six months to pay, same as cash (but don't screw up and let it go over that, or it's like 25% interest, back to the first day!!) One of them should arrive today, the other on Thursday. Gives me time to get the rest of the parts (brake shoes, wheel cylinders, etc) and get everything cleaned up.
I think it would be a neat idea to start a thread on RTH, with parts/bearing info for saws, etc. When someone replaces bearings in their saws or other rock tools (Genies - etc, flat laps, tumblers, whatever) to post bearing names and numbers, maybe even a photo of the piece of equipment? Or shaft dimensions, bearing widths, IDs, ODs, that kind of stuff. It would be a great reference to have this info at hand, so people can find what they need, source the parts for a good price, and have them before they start a repair project. In the past, I've Googled "bearings online" and come up with several different sources for bearings. These aren't always the cheapest, but if you have a bearing in hand, get its measurements, then use one of the online sites to find the bearing you need - then you put that bearing name and number into Google, and it'll find them for you in numerous places, generally at a lower cost. Most of these sites will tell you if the bearing is made in USA or elsewhere. I like saving money, but I like quality as well. Jean
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