On 2 September 2013 18:44, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > Could the oil seal be incorporated into the bearing replacement by giving > the outer race of the bearing a coat of whatever they use on the outside of > an oil seal and putting in a bearing with a decent lip type seal?
Not easily, these are quite exotic taper-roller bearings. (Hand-engraved serial numbers on both halves). > Then I'd just run it full of the oil by adding a spring loaded lid oil cup > just > below the top bearing And it doesn't run full of oil, it has an internal bevel drive and the oil level mark is only a couple of inches from the bottom. You can see the oil sight-glass here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vcfDADDvrMLWErEmrEnm69MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users