[TowerTalk] Recommended T-Bearing for a 25G

[Pete Smith]

At 10:57 AM 4/9/03 -0700, Dino Darling wrote:
>My friend will need a bearing for the top of his 25G.  The top section 
>comes to a point so my thinking was to lower the rotor plate and install 
>an accessory plate with the bearing mounted to it.  Or, is there a bearing 
>that goes over the top tube?
>

I think this is overkill, particularly if he is using a galvanized or 
chrome-moly steel mast.  Mine has been up since 1995 without a bearing, and 
shows no signs of any problems -- the fit through the pointy-top is loose 
enough so that at <1 RPM and with similar hardness materials it will 
probably outlast me.

73, Pete N4ZR
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