On 11 December 2012 14:49, Steve Stallings <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Are the OD of the ball nut and the centerline of the
> ball screw concentric? Some castings are offset to
> help with mounting the return tubes.

I would hope that the outer diameter was concentric, as no other
register is available.

>   Is the OD perfectly round? The bearing that you
> referenced is a very thin section and would easily
> distort if the OD of the ball nut was out of round.

Again, it would be harder to make it oval than round, so one would
rather hope so.

>   How are you going to attach a pulley to rotate the
> ball nut?

Bolted to the flange.

>   You should be aware of lubrication issues. A spinning
> nut tends to expel it own lubricant.

A good point, but one that I will choose to ignore :)

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