[Spridgets] Heating a bearing for interference fit ... good idea or not?

[Ron Soave]

That only happens at very specific and extreme temperatures when the metal essentially flows. Heat a tube and its ID and OD get larger.

Ron Soave

> On Apr 12, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Brian Morse via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The way I learned it in tool and die school- heating a solid cylindrical object actually causes the ID to shrink, not enlarge.
> 
> Maybe bearings are different animals?
> 
> 3wheel in A2
> 
>> On Sunday, April 12, 2015, Billy Zoom via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> What’s wrong with a pan of oil on a hot plate?
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