[TheForge] grease clearance?

Tue Feb 26 09:21:03 2002

phil,

i checked the size of both. they are right on .750. thats the problem i think...no clearance for the grease. i decided to sand a small flat on the top of the axle shaft. maybe 1/4" wide. i will run the flat out to the end on the outside of the wheel. to grease the wheel just turn the grease fitting to the flat. that way the grease will have somewhere to go and will be able to grease the axle as the wheel turns. excess will just squirt out. btw this is a low speed low mileage app. i have a picture somewhere if i can find i will put up at the picture site.

thanks for all the resopnses.

bob.

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>Just following up this thread...  I know that you (Bob) said that you're 
>getting 3/4" FOM and that you're using a .750" reamer, but a lot of the FOM 
>tubing is oversize, sometimes as much as .010 in sizes like 1.5"  Might 
>there be a different probem like out-of-roundness or scale on the shaft?
>
>Phil
>
>At 06:37 PM 2/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>         Bob,  I've always gone by the rules of oil needing .001-.003 over
>>and grease to be .005 - .010 over for the ID of the hole.  That's just the
>>way I approach it.
>>
>>Ralph
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
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>>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:36 AM
>>Subject: [TheForge] grease clearance?
>>
>>
>> >
>> > i make an item (wheel) that has a 3/4 1018 cold finish shaft going thru a
>>piece of dom seamless tube with a 3/4" hole. i run a .750 reamer thru the
>>hole to clean it out.
>> >
>> > i put a grease fitting on the tube but since they fit so close there isn't
>>much room for grease. it goes in very hard if at all..
>> >
>> > question is how much clearance does grease need? i could get an oversize
>>reamer but i don't want a wobbly wheel.
>> >
>> > bob
>> >
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