Fri, 5 Mar 1999 20:17:13 +0100 (CET) - Message No. 5147
From: Michael Dipper

Subject: Re: AGAIN and AGAIN DEAD BEARINGS


Hi,

On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Philip Herzog wrote:

> | * Always fix the axis with the correct torque (Drehmomentschluessel!)
> |   (the bearing is preloaded - wrong torque=load destroys it rather quickly)
> 
> What bearings are you talking about? The wheel bearings are standard
> ball bearings ("Kugellager".de") and definitely NOT preloaded.

No, they are also ball bearings, but if you look at the part that is
*between* the two bearings (Huelse), you see that it is a bit shorter than
the distance between the bearings. So I suppose that there must be a
preload on the bearing. Other people on list have recognized that earlier
and talked about inserting a longer part (Huelse), but I think this can't
be senseful, since this is the same at all XRVs and not just a problem in
some series.

Preloaded or not - the correct torque on the axis can't be bad ;-)))

Greets,        --- Micha ---

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