measured overall length of spacer, 42.69 mm. 46 mmm diameter and 5.16 mm thick but no signs of thickness being worn away.

Housing in good shape, bearing pressed in with good resistance. Synthetic mp grease used.

ah well, at least I have spares to play around with

ab

On 2012-04-21, at 11:24 AM, Phil Zimmerman wrote:

> Date:         Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:46:33 -0700
> Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> 
> ------snip----
> 
>> Am I missing something in my understanding of ball bearings in this application?
> 
> Naah... you got this covered and whatever the Bell missed, others have covered 10feet deep in &^^%. :-)
> 
> Do not recall if you replaced the Spacer Sleeve or measured it for wear?
> 41.8mm (01.65") long; thickness: 5.4mm (0.21"). [Bentley 42.4 & per-com F.C. Condelli]
> Use multi-purpose grease only. Not a place to experiment, fwik.
> 
> Housing in good shape, Spacer Sleeve not worn and nut torqued to 360 '#s. All-good for a second lifetime.
> 
> Now, about whipping a greased horse...?
> The SPCA let you do this in North Saanich... if Ok, can I come for a visit.... :>)
> 
> Pz
> on same rock as AB