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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Kees wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Ball/needle/roller bearings can only spin when the there is debris <br>inside the bearing from e.g. a broken cage, balls/needles/rollers, diff <br>that block the bearing causing the outer cage to turn. This happens <br>mainly because people drive there cars until the bearing starts to break <br>up, well into or beyond the rumbling stage.<br><<<<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t think it’s that absolute. In my case it was a year-old bearing that spun with no apparent damage to the bearing other than having the outside buffed to a high sheen. The operation remains perfectly smooth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Personally, I’m persuaded that the act of clamping the inside and outside, per the manual, is preferable to shrinking or driving or gluing the bearing in, leaving the spacer loose and hoping for the best.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Gerow<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Altadena, CA, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BN6<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Check out my galleries:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.pbase.com/stevegerow/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>