"steamer" wrote in message
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--I'm having a little trouble visualizing the problem so take my
suggestiong with a grain of salt but could you not blacken the shaft
with
lampblack and pour a babbit bearing in place?

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"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Politics is a sinkhole for
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : people without hobbies...
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---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Ed - remember the conditions these plain bush bearings work under.
Vast load and in a mixture of concrete dust / earth etc. The welded in
bushes a usually pretty hard. The daily greasing does push the gunge
out but it'll be back as soon as the bucket goes in the muck!

AWEM