On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:29:57 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:



Lew Hodgett wrote:

If price is controlling issue, **** can the whole shebang and buy
a 20" box fan at end of season price of about $10 from a big box
store and get a beer.


"Mike Marlow" wrote:
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No one said it was the controlling issue. It's just a factor.
Don't see why you don't consider replacing bearings to be a suitable
address of the problem. They are meant to be replaced, after all...
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If they are sleeve bearings, NBD.

If they are ball bearings, you really need an arbor press to avoid
brinelling
the bearings during installation.

Man, it's obvious you have not dome many repairs! You knock ball
bearings in by driving them on the OUTER race. Usually using a
suitably sized socket and a medium hammer. Care is required, of coarse
- but the chance of contributing to brunelling of the bearing are
excedingly remote. Bearing drivers are made and available at a
reasonable price for purists and tool junkies - and are the standard
recommended method of "driving" most automotive ball and roller
bearings, from alternators to transmissions.

$10 for a box fan is a far more simple solution.

Lew