In my case, they were off the tower and my criterion was that
I could turn the bearing with my finger. I don't know how you
see the side of the bearing when it is on the tower.
Rick N6RK
Bob K6UJ wrote:
> How do you guys tell if the bearing is frozen ? Can you tell by
> inspection ? Maybe
> while the tower is being raised or lowered by looking at the side of the
> bearing ? (if you can see it)
> I want to check all of mine and trying to figure out how to go about it.
>
> Bob
> K6UJ
>
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:41 -0700
>> From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
>> To: "Rich Hallman - N7TR" <rich@n7tr.com>
>> Cc: Bob K6UJ <k6uj@pacbell.net>, towertalk reflector
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] us tower hdx-689 sheave replacement
>>
>> Rich Hallman - N7TR wrote:
>>> Just spoke with us towers and I have two 5 inch sheaves on the way.
>>> $135
>>> each.....
>>>
>>> The old pulley is fine...just the bearing is locked. Ray N6VR sent me a
>>> link on replacement bearings on eBay...so ill check that out and see
>>> what
>>
>> Have you tried squirting it with WD-40 or a similar elixir to see
>> if you can free it up? Worked for me. After the WD-40, I applied
>> regular oil to it.
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
>> ## The other stuff that will work is called... PB Blaster.
>>
>> Jim VE7RF
>>
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