personally i wouldnt use pattern bearings but you would have noticed something before it got that bad,and were they fitted correctly ,properly greased
you will probably find britpart sell cheapest timken bearings,how do you set them ?
when using your new bearings nip up bearings to seat them slacken off ,then tighten nut till freeplay is just removed you can feel it ,then fit washer and tighten second nut tight ,the second nut pushes on first and gives enough preload for bearings to run in and not be loose
timken is all i fit ,i had issuse a few years ago with pattern gear box bearings
you can split the nut with a cold chisel in about 3 hits
Looks to me to be a classic case of
Over tightening and lack of lubrication. Sorry.
yep toooooooooo right , what a **** take that was, trying to undo nut.![]()
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the things i see on a daily basis pal , you wouldnt beleave what people do , so thats not really that true. plenty of people on here have used brit part bearings with no probs at all , as long as they are fitted right and checked for play a few weeks after use. nine times out of ten, a bearing fails from being over tighted and no lube ....... and you telling me that just failed like that , you didnt even notice **** all b4 hand , ye right......
so if you think britpart stuff is so crap, why did you fit it![]()