How well that works depends on the design of the bearing and how much force is needed to seat it. If the socke fits the inner race on a bearing that seats on the shaft or the outer on one that seats on the bore it should be fine. What you want to avoid doing is transferring the impact load via the balls or rollers.
"anon" wrote in news:5064b859$0$22390$ snipped-for-privacy@unlimited.newshosting.com:
Thanks, Scott, but I have indeed given up on this thing. Chalk one up for experience and in favor of the disposable society. I wonder what the town's recycling division is going to do with it ...
- Aye, the ease of disassembly usually offers a taste of the reassembly. Good luck then, Scott in Dunedin FL
--------------------------------------------------------------- Try running that past a bearing manufacturing application engineer and see if you can get one to salute it.
Guarantee it will never happen.
The above is total bull shit.
There was a time in my life that one of my major tasks was to oversee the design and installation of all ball bearings for an electrical rotating equipment manufacturer.
We shipped thousands units equipped with ball bearings every month.
Trust me, none of my bearing suppliers would have put holy water on what you are suggesting.
Lew
- Indeed, the "proper" way to install a bearing set is to use steady, even pressure. Bearing manufacturers are quite clear on that. In practice though, repair facilities often do not have the fancy custom bearing presses available to the manufacturer.
Most bearing replacements can be accomplished using a little hammer finesse with little consequence. Once you encounter a little resistance though, the finesse turns to force, and you end up with divots in the bearing race. Usually not too severe, but if your work must pass vibration and decibel standards, you invest in a press.
You can make a mortise with a sharp screwdriver, but a mortising bit in a drill press works better. "...right tool for the job..." my 2 bits, Scott in Dunedin FL
Yeah, and Adobe says never to open a document across a network with its software.
Doesn't mean it can't be done quite successfully.
Application engineer != Real world use
The real issue isn't that you won't get away with it. Most of the time you will, and you'll tell yourself that you'll remember that if it's something mission critical that lives or very expensive property depend on you'll remember to do it the right way. The trouble is that you'll have the bad habit by that time and won't remember.
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