On 06/08/05 10:04 am Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: Oops! I meant " . . . almost *certainly* capable . . ." Alan ______________________
Hi all, This discussion of thrust bearings (altough you're above my league by a lot) brings up my questionWhat's the best way of getting alignment at the top of a tower? I have a Glen Martin rooftop
Don't kid yourselves into thinking you are "distributing the load" over two or more thrust bearings. It is almost impossible to do unless the tower is being compressed as you add antennas. If you mou
On the other hand, the axial load (thrust) isn't all that huge, so a normal non-tapered ball bearing can probably handle the load just fine. In a car, the wheel bearings have to take thousands of pou