All of the boxes I have seen are OEM Hub City, Series W300 I believe. They are not too hard to rebuild if you are so inclined. Replacements were about $400 last time I priced one. Your gear box shoul
Just wanted to echo Rick's comment. I have 4 older crank-ups (2 Triex and 2 UST) and all have had pulley bearings go dry over the years. The only failures I have seen develop with gear boxes have bee
One additional comment re bearings, in reconditioning an LM354 TriEx I found the bad bearings were Boeing surplus aircraft control cable sheaves. Marked with "Boeing + part numbers" and with a presse
Or, as they are low speed, intermittent use, subject to vibration which can cause fretting on ball bearings, and out in the weather, the best would probably actually be a plastic sleeve bearing! (If