[TowerTalk] Rohn TB3 or TB4

[k1vr at juno.com]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:08:00 -0500 "Roger Kissel" <kc8hz at hotmail.com>
writes:
 
> So you're all saying that lubrication should not be used with a Rohn 
> thrust bearing ?
<snip>
> For the time being, I have built back the bad races with TIG and am 
> going to remachine the grooves and use new balls and see if I can reuse
the 
> bearing.  If not, I'll put up a STEEL bearing.

An article by K1IR on repairing a "stuck" Rohn TB-3 thrustbearing was
first posted on TowerTalk, and then printed in NCJ. Here's the link to
the TowerTalk posting:
 
http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/1998-December/021126.html

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