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For those who have just hopped on to this thread...
Page 15...posts 142, 145, and 149 will bring you up to date.
Crank bearings?
What about the crank bearings & the seals?
They must be bad...right?
Not so fast there skippy...let's have a look at reality for a moment.
There are very few bearing manufacturers on the the planet. In order to stay competitive in a global market certain ISO, (Interntional Standards Organization), standards must be adhered to. The fact that this is a cheap Chinese Bicycle engine does not mean that there is a cheap Chinese bicycle engine bearing manufacturer. Given the capital outlay for a bearing plant, and the fact that a high volume is critical to success...there's not even the slightest chance that the crank bearings in these engines are sub-par!
Soooo...A few junior engineers have decided that the deluxe replacement is a dimensionally correct, "sealed" SKF bearing.
Certainly no one can dispute the quality of SKF bearings...but I will argue that it is best to purchase them open ended, and use the Chinese factory seals!
The spec catalog seal is actually a dust cover...it is not, nor was it ever intended to be a "seal" against internal pressure...the kind of pressure that is normal with a 2-cycle engine.
See the attached photos...
I was able to remove the dust seal, easily, with a pick. It would have popped out, almost instantly, under the pressure of a 2-cycle engine running.
The first pic shows one bearing with the dust cover...and another with the dust cover removed.
The second pic shows a profile of the bearing dust cover...and the difference between a "seal" and a dust cover.
Jim
Page 15...posts 142, 145, and 149 will bring you up to date.
Crank bearings?
What about the crank bearings & the seals?
They must be bad...right?
Not so fast there skippy...let's have a look at reality for a moment.
There are very few bearing manufacturers on the the planet. In order to stay competitive in a global market certain ISO, (Interntional Standards Organization), standards must be adhered to. The fact that this is a cheap Chinese Bicycle engine does not mean that there is a cheap Chinese bicycle engine bearing manufacturer. Given the capital outlay for a bearing plant, and the fact that a high volume is critical to success...there's not even the slightest chance that the crank bearings in these engines are sub-par!
Soooo...A few junior engineers have decided that the deluxe replacement is a dimensionally correct, "sealed" SKF bearing.
Certainly no one can dispute the quality of SKF bearings...but I will argue that it is best to purchase them open ended, and use the Chinese factory seals!
The spec catalog seal is actually a dust cover...it is not, nor was it ever intended to be a "seal" against internal pressure...the kind of pressure that is normal with a 2-cycle engine.
See the attached photos...
I was able to remove the dust seal, easily, with a pick. It would have popped out, almost instantly, under the pressure of a 2-cycle engine running.
The first pic shows one bearing with the dust cover...and another with the dust cover removed.
The second pic shows a profile of the bearing dust cover...and the difference between a "seal" and a dust cover.
Jim
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