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How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block

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Ryan - WI

03-14-2008 06:32:25




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I have to fix a spreader for a colleague today. To do so I need to get a bearing pressed into a fs207 cast iron pillow block. It appears that I need to heat the block and freeze the bearing. Is that correct? I don't want to end up breaking the cast iron. Will that give me enough clearance? Should I heat the block in the oven or with a torch?




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Tramway Guy

03-14-2008 11:33:33




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
Sometimes, the grease fitting (if there is one) has an extension on it that keeps the bearing from spinning in the housing; you have to take it out to change the bearing cartridge.



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the tractor vet

03-14-2008 08:04:23




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
Normaly they are rolled in . Look at the pillow block and on one side there are two notches and ya just tap the bearing sideways to a 90 degrees of the block and out they come as they are normaly a rounded outer shell style . if that is not the case then they have a snap ring.



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Michael Sheik

03-14-2008 10:33:33




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to the tractor vet, 03-14-2008 08:04:23  
I too am very glad to see you back. I have missed your posts tremendously let alone all the knowledge you provide.



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Janicholson

03-14-2008 09:24:16




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to the tractor vet, 03-14-2008 08:04:23  
I second Allen's Comment!!!!!
At least this time we didn't prematurely bury you. Welcome back friend! JimN



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Allan In NE

03-14-2008 08:20:49




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to the tractor vet, 03-14-2008 08:04:23  
Where in the heck have you been?

Don't ya know there are about a million of us guys out here goin' nuts with tractor problems? :>(

Don't be runnin' off like that no more!!

Allan



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Ryan - WI

03-14-2008 07:52:33




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
Thanks for the help guys. I got it in.

I tend to be more associated with a flat ball bearing use in machine tools and such and tapered rollers in wheels. This was my first instance of an oval type that did not go into a split housing. I feel educated.



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Allan In NE

03-14-2008 06:59:39




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
Those things are a simple walk in the park.

What rrlund said.

Allan



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tja toolbx

03-14-2008 06:50:48




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
I had a bearing that was a pressed fit, but instead of heating it with a tourch I placed the block in a very warm room and put the bearing on ice over night. Went right in.



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neblinc

03-14-2008 06:40:48




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
Are you sure there is not a couple of set screws holding it in?

Randy



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rrlund

03-14-2008 06:39:36




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 Re: How to install a bearing in a cast iron pillow block in reply to Ryan - WI, 03-14-2008 06:32:25  
DON'T DO THAT. As soon as the bearing touches it,you'll boil the grease right out of the bearing. What kind of bearing is it? Is the outside of the bearing race flat or oval? If it's flat,there is a snap ring that holds it in. It just presses straight in. If it's oval,there is a notch in each side of the block. You have to tip the bearing 90 degrees to the block,push it in to the notches,then tip it in.The notches are in the back side of it. You have the block off the spreader don't you? You have to have it off of there.

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