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19-01-2007, 12:55

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Re: Bearings and axel size

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Originally Posted by Dick Linn

Our wheel bearings have an inside diameter of around 0.499" and our axle material is 0.500", so it's time for the old emery paper.

wow....I'm glad we have a lathe in the fab shop, and a backup lathe in my garage....I did a little experimental turning on some 3/8" id x 1/2" od steel tube I had and discovered you need to reduce the diameter by about .0015" to get the KOP bearings to slide onto the tube.

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