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spindal education , wear and repair SOLVED

Reply #15 –
like i dont put up enough pics but here is an illustration of what i did to go along with the words.

Under normal cirspoogestances, you would not have to deal with this but all it takes is one idiot to over tighten the spindle nut for the inner race to finally have its way with the shaft.

The wear becomes sooooooooooo minor but yet means so much to the inner race and keeping it stationary.  Keep in mind a  human hair is about .006 thick.  the tolerance i found here was wayyyy too small for any of my tools to measure.  this is why I knew right off the bat, Ill probably end up going down a very complicated road of tu rning the spindal shaft or experimenting with what could work.

You are correct though, my inner bearing is offset to what ever amount the shim created.  For all its worth, it works for me plus i always have an easy fix at my disposal.  as you can see , i have illustrated your point that the bearing is slighly offset.  No, i do not believe the inner bearing is cantered in any way because they just dont go on sideways, the bearing inner race itself is a good 1/2'' just guessing.  its own width will force it to groom a non cantered orientation.  All that is left to be contemplated is the slight offset.  I dont think it makes a hill of beans in this application and this is that mood point where one can decide,, its good nuff for what it is.

so far so good.

spindal education , wear and repair SOLVED

Reply #16 –
good right up like usual. Shim material can be purchased at Production tool or J&L tool supply or any place that sells to the manufactoring sector. It comes in size from .001 up to .020.
Another method is to raise the surrounding metal but dimpling the area. To do this take a sharp center punch and punch the area where the bearing seats. As the punch makes a depression the surounding metal raises up. I built machinery for 12 years and had to do this several times on very old,worn out shafts for the bearing to properly seat. This was on very high speed equipment.
Sorry for the late info, I travel for my job too

spindal education , wear and repair SOLVED

Reply #17 –
Quote from: greg w;214734
good right up like usual. Shim material can be purchased at Production tool or J&L tool supply or any place that sells to the manufactoring sector. It comes in size from .001 up to .020.
Another method is to raise the surrounding metal but dimpling the area. To do this take a sharp center punch and punch the area where the bearing seats. As the punch makes a depression the surounding metal raises up. I built machinery for 12 years and had to do this several times on very old,worn out shafts for the bearing to properly seat. This was on very high speed equipment.
Sorry for the late info, I travel for my job too


Daymmm,, i was thinking of doing that very thing but i was not sure if any chissel or punch i had would damage the spindal surface enough to raise up some of the meat.  I should have done this right off the bat, just didnt think it would work due to the spindal being such a hardend material.
 

spindal education , wear and repair SOLVED

Reply #18 –
I just wish I could have helped earlier. My computer I take with me on the road is not real great for reading message boards with, the screen is way to small.

spindal education , wear and repair SOLVED

Reply #19 –
ok,, its been a very very long time as far as miles go and this one is definatly solved.  Problem resolved with shim stock.