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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Is that good or bad? Should the lubrication stay inside it or outside it?
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Once an oil impregnated bearing gets too hot, the oil sorta "boils out" of the bearing, then the bearing dries up and it does not work as well. The hole gets a bit bigger and the bearing is shot. It is definitely not a good thing... you want the oil to stay inside the bearing material.
Andy B.