While I had the spindle out of my Logan 825, I noticed that the bearing grease was pretty crusty (I suppose that's to be expected of 65 year old grease) so I stripped and repacked the bearings. I was a ginger as possible removing the shields, but they did get a little distorted, and one of them rubs now. I think I can tweak the one that's rubbing to fix that, but I'm wondering if anyone makes replacement shields that I could use instead. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?
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Replacement Bearing Shields
- Thread starter KyleG
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I never have (heard of such a thing). My guess is that the shields (assuming that they still have any) are on the list of parts that employees are forbidden from selling. On the grounds that it takes a special widget to successfully install them and that installing one without use of the widget has a high probability of causing premature failure. Which the company might be sued for.
My suggestions would be to bend it so that it doesn't rub, buy a replacement (if you can) or make a substitute for the shield (if there is room to install it).
My suggestions would be to bend it so that it doesn't rub, buy a replacement (if you can) or make a substitute for the shield (if there is room to install it).
