Hello All, I just did a Google search looking for headstockstock bearings for a
Bearings are bearings. I'd pull them out, get any numbers off them, measure them, and have your bearing supplier match them with SKF or something good. If you have a bearing supplier in town, take them with you.
Bill
marc rosen wrote:
Hello Bill, Thanks for that straight up answer. I never gave it that thought. Now I have to just tear the head stock apart first. Marc
Marc - Bill is so right. I almost bought bearings for my Jet mini from jet, and they were something like $32 plus shipping for two Chinese bearings, so final price was about $41 bucks.
Turns out a bearing store here in town had the same bearings for $6 each in Timkin brand. It was a very common size - I took the bearing in and he asked me what brand I wanted it in!
Called Jet, they told me how to tap out the bearings with a heavy hammer and a wooden dowel. Reinstall with the same tools, just reversing the procedure. Maiden voyage on bearing install, 45 minutes. It was easy!
Robert
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