Post by cptkennykidna on Jul 7, 2017 14:16:02 GMT
i have not seen anything about these bearings on the forum, not that it has not happened but today i had a new experience, as follows.
when refurbishing radius arms i have never been able to buy the seal L44600L, i have always used the old seals with some sealant on the outer lip, works O.K..
the most recent bearings that i purchased had a discrepancy and the old seals would not fit, lost 3 trying to fit them ? what went wrong?.
the new bearings where made in Poland, does that mean they are faulty, No!. they had one different dimension and that was the old seals would not fit on the new bearings.
after showing this to bearing sales they said there was an L at the end of the number on the old bearing, i said this has never happened before, always got the right bearing. after explaining the importance of the seal the young man looked at his data and said he could provide a bearing with a seal on the bearing, part number L44600LA-902B6 this is a TIMKEN bearing made in the good old U.S.A., it does not come with the cup L44610 and i do not know why but i purchased the two components to see if they are O.K., i am not an engineer but some manufacturers have such high specs that they say do not use other components that are not matched so there is a little question mark over the L44600LA-902B6 versus L44610= cup being separate. i think i can be happy that the two components should match.
they appear to be just what we need and please note that the American numbers on the bearing start with the greater part No of the seal L44600L.
good night
kennykidna.
when refurbishing radius arms i have never been able to buy the seal L44600L, i have always used the old seals with some sealant on the outer lip, works O.K..
the most recent bearings that i purchased had a discrepancy and the old seals would not fit, lost 3 trying to fit them ? what went wrong?.
the new bearings where made in Poland, does that mean they are faulty, No!. they had one different dimension and that was the old seals would not fit on the new bearings.
after showing this to bearing sales they said there was an L at the end of the number on the old bearing, i said this has never happened before, always got the right bearing. after explaining the importance of the seal the young man looked at his data and said he could provide a bearing with a seal on the bearing, part number L44600LA-902B6 this is a TIMKEN bearing made in the good old U.S.A., it does not come with the cup L44610 and i do not know why but i purchased the two components to see if they are O.K., i am not an engineer but some manufacturers have such high specs that they say do not use other components that are not matched so there is a little question mark over the L44600LA-902B6 versus L44610= cup being separate. i think i can be happy that the two components should match.
they appear to be just what we need and please note that the American numbers on the bearing start with the greater part No of the seal L44600L.
good night
kennykidna.