today's delimia broght to you by torrington
hi all,
one mystery is solved.... there were 2 bolts hiding under about an inch of sealer. got the sealer out and the bolts out. wondered why it was still not budging after heating it up..... well you need to drain the oil out of it first.... duh frank..... it should come out now.
today's delimia deals with the needle bearings in the nose and on the driveshaft in the d quickie lower unit. the torrington gb1112. i have called mercury, bearings and drives, a&w bearings(thebearingplace) and applied technologies and the answer is the same..... not in torringtons catalogue. this even surprised ted miller the looper collector. his reply to me was WHAT!!!
there is a b1112 but it is only good up to 4200 rpms, not good on a looper or much of anything. i did however find a bearing that may work, but need everyones feedback. here are the specs as i was given by a rep from applied tech.... gb1112 ..... id: .6875 , od .875 fits housing bore .870 to .8703 and a shaft of .6876 to .6873 ......
the substitute manufactored by ina sce1112..... id .687 , od .875 no specs onm the hpousing or shaft size... they have a spacer inbetween the needles and when put on the different shafts there is play just like the ones in the unit now. these are good for up to 16000 rpms in oil and 14000 in grease.
the question to everyone is will they work????? price of these were $4.84 each. i don't want to put these in and blow the lower unit. if they will not work, what will????
discuss amongst yourselves.....
thanks for all your feedback so far,
frank