Todays Project - What did you do today?

[Highpower]

(11-21-2015, 09:23 AM)Dr Stan Wrote:

(11-21-2015, 12:20 AM)Highpower Wrote: Has anybody tried grinding the ID of the inner race on a deep groove ball bearing before? (sigh...)

Oh how I would love to get my hands on the Honda engineer(s) that came up with that one!  

Is this a sealed or open bearing?  If it's open fill it with molten paraffin, set it up & grind away.  Once finished, remelt the paraffin.

If it's a sealed bearing I don't have any suggestions.

BTW, I've had that feeling many times about engineers who just don't have a clue how to make their designs.

Double metal shielded so....

Unfortunately those engineers knew EXACTLY what they were doing! They designed the part to use an odd-ball bearing that you can't buy over the counter, to prevent owners and independent repair shops from rebuilding the unit in question. They have the bearings specially made for their use only.

I need to replace the bearing in my cars distributor because after a mere 200K miles it's starting to sound a bit crunchy. Honda will happily sell customers a new distributor housing assembly (# 6) to the tune of $435 retail, but that ain't happenin....  

   

I did manage to find a bearing with a 12,50 ID online late, late last night. Guess I'll give it a good coat of sleeve retaining compound and pray in stays in place.