On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:33:23 -0400, the infamous
scrawled the following:

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:41:55 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

Right.
If you replace the $7 bearings with the cheap import ones - then what -
do it every year ?

Martin


Rich Grise wrote:
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:59:54 +0000, Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Removed motor from cement mixer. Chiseled off chunks of splattered concrete
from motor. Used a bearing puller to remove crusted on small pulley from
motor shaft. While tapping on the end of the puller the motor shaft
suddenly freed up and was able to turn.
Plugged it in and it runs fine. Fairly quiet!

Question: Tear it down further to look at bearings .. or .. use as is.

I vote, if it works, don't fix it. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Difference in price from cheap crap import to decent quality bearing
is likely less than 20%. Going for the ultimate, a factor of 5 or
more. If you go to the work of changing them, use good enough parts
that you only need to do it once.

When I wanted an idler bearing for a drill press pulley, the guys in
Medford wanted $20 and change for an SKF bearing and retainer
snapring. Nealy Bearing here in GP sold an import and retainer to me
for $7 and change. That's a wee bit more than a 20% difference.

Some day, if I can get enough crap moved out of the shop to get out
there and work in it again, I'll install it. sigh

--
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and
impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
-- Joseph Addison, 'Cato'