[TowerTalk] FW: Thrust Bearing - again!

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 5/18/2010 7:59 PM, Bill Aycock wrote:
> Clint--
> Are you sure that is a TB3? The inner bore on a TB-3 is Aluminum, and does
> not rust.
>    
Cast aluminum at that...It's quite granular and very soft.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> That stain may be rubbed off from a steel  mast.
> Bill--W4BSG
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W5CPT"<w5cpt at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Thrust Bearing - again!
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>>   From: Kenneth R. Goodwin, Jr.
>>   To: towertalk at contesting.com
>>   Sent: 18 May, 2010 5:36 PM
>>   Subject: [TowerTalk] FW: Thrust Bearing - again!
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>>
>>   Bad assumption, the TB3s don't rust EXCEPT the set screw which holds
>>   the ball bearings.
>>
>>
>> I disagree. I have one sitting about 2 feet from me that shows some (not a
>> lot) of rust.  The inner bore of the bearing is evenly rusted all the way
>> around, top to bottom.  It also has a cracked upper race ( I don't know
>> how it happened - it was on a top-section I bought).
>>
>> Clint - W5CPT
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