Christopher Tidy wrote:
Sleeve bearings are common in older motors.
big snip

Thanks, everyone!
I have learned more reading this thread than in three days of searching and
googling.

I think the end result with this item is scrap yard: the 3/4" section of the
shaft is too short for the coutershaft I had in mind. I could cut into the
rotor, remove it that way and then turn the rest of the shaft down to 3/4"
but for that ...I would need a lathe! I am sure the said scrap yard will
provide the necessary 3/4" shaft in some form :-)

The positive outcome of this may be that I shall feel more comfortable
designing the counterhaft with cheap sleeve bearings rather than expensive
pillow blocks.

Thanks again,

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Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC