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Unread 18-11-2012, 20:38
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Re: Bearings in Sheet Metal

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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
For what it's worth, 2815 has had good luck with flanged bronze bushings for 1/2" shaft inside 1/16"-wall square tubing. In each case, the bushing only went through one side of the square tubing.

We ran them in our 2011 roller claw, and on our ball elevator and shooter axle this year. Any issues we had with any of these were unrelated to the bushings.
We've done the same.
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