covers

Randy, This is what the ignition control computer covers look like.
It will be a few weeks before I am ready to order a batch. I made
enough on my cheap Chinese mill to fill my immediate needs.

BTW I had to over haul the spindle. I was getting a lot of chatter.
Fortunately it had tapered roller bearings. If it had been a Bridge
Port it would of cost me $2000 for matched dual ball bearings top
and bottom :) I only paid about $600 for the CCM about 45 years ago
:)

There were hair line cracks in the outer race. I did not want to
just tighten it up as the bearing would totally fail soon for sure.

Paul Lamar

Paul,
maybe the Bridge Port bearings cost more, but they dont fail like the chinese ones do.
My Bridge Port is a 2hp 1954 model, still going strong. I had the same situation
with my Cat D4 bulldozer in that the Cat bearings had 13 rollers instead of the
normal 11 rollers found in 'other' bearings. Lets not confuse quality with price
Cheers,
Russ Ward

I have no idea what you are on about or what you think my point was :)

The bearing that failed was a Timken made in the USA.

My hangar neighbour had his Bridge Port fail. In fact there is a company
that specializes in over hauling Bridge Port spindles. No doubt they are
using foreign bearings.

It all depends on how the mill is used.

All most everything is made in China now. Even well known US brands.
Most of your car is made in China. Having said all that there is no doubt most
Chinese goods are junk. But they are slowly getting better.

The replacement Timken bearing I bought for my mill  was made in Poland.
I assumed I was buying a US made bearing.

If our so called commie president would pull his head out of his ass and tax
Chincom  goods we would have more jobs here. The people over there
are working for nothing due to the commie chin gov fixing the monetary
exchange rate.

Paul Lamar


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