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Subject: [TowerTalk] Thrust Bearing set screw and Loctite
From: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 03:33:06 -0400 (EDT)
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>Stan Griffiths wrote:
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>> I received 5 new TB3s today in a shipment from Rohn and I noticed that once
>> they had the bearing set screw in place, they hit the threads in the
>> aluminum portion of the bearing with a punch in an attempt to keep the set
>> screw in place.  This may work just fine . . .
>>
>> Stan  w7ni@teleport.com
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> Stan,
>Thanks for the info. This should work fine. Maybe, the one you had problems
with in
>the past was missed during manufacture. I guess the word for the day is for
all who
>get one of these bearing to check it to ensure that it has been punched.
>73, Kurt

Hi Kurt,

Yes, a good idea.  I have probably sold 100 of these bearings in the past
and I don't think any of the others were punched.  I think this is a
relatively new step in the manufacturing process at Rohn.

Stan  w7n@teleport.com


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