[TowerTalk] Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing

[Charles Gallo]

Exactly what I'd do if I needed to rebuild a thrust bearing, unless I could get some free torlon or vespel (haha, I'm funny, those are crazy expensive and overkill)

Low rotation rate, shock loaded, out in the weather, where they will receive little in the way of maintenance is the place where engineering plastics like nylatron gsm shine. Heck, I can't see why any tower thrust bearing mfg would do anything else except to market to folks who say "ball bearings have to be better than PLASTIC" 

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73 de KG2V
Charlie

> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:41 PM, George Dubovsky <n4ua.va at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think I've mentioned it before on this forum, but I converted my TB-3
> thrust bearings over to thrust bushings by machining them to accept inserts
> made from a dry lubricant-loaded composite, Nylatron GSM.