inserts

Posted by Marith McCoul on December 20, 1996 at 17:57:29

In Reply to: Insert Bearings
posted by Scott Miller on December 20, 1996 at 14:11:08

We build permanent thrust faces onto the sides of the rods with
brass. I don't really know why pressure. I do know that we've
done a couple for people and not pressured them - for what
it's worth, they're still running. I suppose that it's to
prolong the life of the inserts - they don't have thick
babbitt and lots of shims like "stockers" do - so in theory
they might not last as long. It seems like, in the main, the
people having the insert job done are already spending such
a phenomenal amount of money they figure "in for a penny, in
for a pound?" Anybody have a more definitive answer? I'll
ask my machinist.

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