Nice work -- good machinist too. What bearings are you using? Got a part number?
chacha Neil did some research on this and basically your choices are the good bearings for $20 a pc. or the basic cheap ones from big dog. I put the good ones in because I had an extra set but I'm on the fence if they are actually worth it.
Here's Neil's post.
The original bearing I removed, 6205RS 16 is a one inch bearing. The 16 at the end stands for 16/ 16ths or 1 inch. Being that it is a no brand bearing I chose the route you did and ordered 3 Timken/Fafnir 205KDD2. Yea, screw China under my ass too. The 2 at the end of a bearing number represents it has been modified in "some" way. Be it the race or whatever. The Timken/Fafnir 205KDD2 is no doubt a quality bearing and I gave 20.00 a piece for them. As we measured the shaft itself, the values were all over the place depending where it was measure. They were surprised as well.
I asked about opening the seal and applying extra grease and was advised not to do that. The extra grease will cause the bearing to heat up more thus causing premature failure also. Appears it is a science to the amount that is applied for a particular bearing.
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Neil in Tenn
