[Fot] Southwick bearing issue

[Peter Vucinic]

Wow, That even makes it more important to check the fits etc. That's very
low miles indeed. Of Course, the quality of the original bearing may have a
large contributing factor in the life span. 

I have seen on occasion bearings that have not been finished ground and the
hardening is not quite up to scratch!

Cheers...

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A Lage Fortune!"
Kind Regards
Peter Vucinic
TR-4
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hogye [mailto:dlhogye at comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2014 9:53 AM
To: Peter Vucinic
Cc: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] Southwick bearing issue

Oh, btw, the axle assembly had only a few hundred miles on it.

Sent from my iPhone

> 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....
> 
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> 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
> 
> 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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