Decided to do a bit of routine maintenance on my tractor mounted flail mower - I knew the main shaft bearings were on the way out, so ordered a new pair. They arrived this morning so started stripping it down, only to find one side was utterly trashed. No ball bearings left in the case at all. The shaft presumably was being supported by the dual V belts from above, or it would have made even more noise - not that you can hear a lot over the noise of a tractor !
Spent a long time trying to remove the bearing inner race and ended up having to cut it off with oxy-acetylene.
Got it all off only to find that they'd sent the wrong bearing - replacement being delivered tomorrow hopefully
Spent a long time trying to remove the bearing inner race and ended up having to cut it off with oxy-acetylene.
Got it all off only to find that they'd sent the wrong bearing - replacement being delivered tomorrow hopefully
Andrew Mawson, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Oct 2013.