[Milsurplus] Bearing Lubrication

[Robert W. Downs]

Richard,

John forgot to mention one thing (well, actually two).  Unless the bearin=
gs
are installed on the armature in such a manner that you can remove them
without using a puller (on small machines like you have, they are usually=
 a
press fit) under no circumstances do you want to attempt to remove them
from the armature unless the armature has puller grooves (and you have a
small enough puller) to pull them by pulling ONLY on the inner races.  If=

you do, you will most likely destroy the bearings (the damage is called
brinelling, if I got the spelling right).  However, as John indicated, od=
ds
are actually quite good that you can buy new ones today.  =


And the second thing that John forgot to mention is that if the motor end=

runs on DC and the generator end produces AC, it ain't a dynamotor, it's =
an
inverter.  :-)

>If you are going to do it, do it right. Remove the bearings from the
machine,<

73
Robert Downs
<RWDowns_WA5CAB@compuserve.com>
Houston