[Fot] Southwick bearing issue

[Dave Hogye]

The brg. is roller type for the ford moser Southwick conversion.
It's a slip fit in the axle flange , ford type with c clamp.
The outer race cracked clean across allowing grease to exit into the inside of
brake plate.  And gear oil.
After cutting the outer race off. The inner race had hardening failure too.
Whatever brgs. Southwick is using they are garbage.
He sent me brgs. manufactured  by Green Bearing Company.
Now I have timkin on the way.

Dave H
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> On Sep 1, 2014, at 2:50 PM, "Peter Vucinic" <pvucinic at netspace.net.au>
wrote:
>
> Dave,
> I am assume you are talking about a Tapered Roller Bearing Cup? Or is it a
> Complete Ball Bearing?
> Did the race crack ACROSS the raceway? Or Was it around the CIRCUMFERENCE
of
> the raceway?
>
> If a bearing CRACKS through a raceway, the Bearing fit was incorrect. OR it
> may have been damage when fitted and then a crack has propagated from
there.
> Check for any damage on the outer edge of the bearing next to the crack.
>
> Cheers....
>
> "You can Make a Small Fortune From Motor Racing. As long as You Started
With
> A Lage Fortune!"
> Kind Regards
> Peter Vucinic
> TR-4
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of davehogye
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2014 2:56 AM
> To: Friends of Triumph
> Subject: [Fot] Southwick bearing issue
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> Hello Friends,
> I was looking into the fact that an axle seal on my Southwick conversion
> blew, or at least I thought it was a seal problem, but I just pulled the
> axle out and found that the outer race had cracked through.
> I thought I had something going on because while watching my race video
from
> last October I heard what sounded like a bearing or perhaps gear whine when
> I pulled into the paddock after the race. The sound wasn't obvious until I
> heard it on the vid.
> Anyway, during a recent check of things I noticed grease was slinging out
of
> the seal and onto the brake plate. I was thinking how the heck did the seal
> fail in such a short time.
> Now I'm wondering how the heck the race broke.
> WTF,
> Dave
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