[modeleng] Re: Oilite bearings
- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:55:03 +0430
Jeff, I've had the same experience, I bought 80 earlier this year as I was
getting low. I reamed the side rods & big end of my last engine 7/8" as
usual & found the bushes fell out, they were smaller than the original ones.
E.W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:11 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Oilite bearings
>
> What a sad state of affairs! Once upon a time, long, long ago, suppliers
> took pride in the fact that their merchandise was held to tight
> tolerances.
>
> Al Messer
>
>
> --- On Sun, 12/7/08, Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Oilite bearings
>> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 7:18 AM
>> That's a sad state of affairs. I don't know how the
>> USA firm is doing, but
>> I'll see what I can find out.
>>
>> Boston Gear and several other companies still offer oil
>> impregnated sintered
>> bronze bearings, but most are made in China now.
>>
>> The last ones I bought for my work from a well known US
>> firm were totally
>> useless - they were .010 bigger on the od and .008 smaller
>> on the id than
>> the max catalogue tolerances. They didn't fit the shaft
>> and bore I had
>> designed to catalogue sizes, so I made up some proper ones
>> from cored stock
>> from the same supplier (and took some heat from the
>> supervisor for the
>> delay).
>>
>> Oh, and the supplier's response to my complaint about
>> the first ones that
>> were out of spec - "oh we can't help that, our
>> warranty only covers
>> replacing defective goods - would you like some more at no
>> cost?" I asked if
>> the replacements were from a different batch, and/or would
>> be inspected to
>> ensure they would be on-size. "Oh we don't inspect
>> anything anymore, and
>> yes, they are all the same batch."
>>
>> Won't be specifying that brand again.
>>
>> Cheers Jeff Dayman
>>
>>
>> >From: "Alan Stepney"
>> <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Subject: [modeleng] Oilite bearings
>> >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:37:10 -0000
>> >
>> >I suspect many model engineers have used Oilite
>> bearings, if not in models,
>> >then in various pieces of workshop machinery.
>> >
>> >Sadly, Oilite have gone into Administration.
>> >
>> >See:
>> >http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/businessnews/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=Business&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=Business&itemid=IPED05%20Dec%202008%2009%3A14%3A51%3A513
>> >
>> >
>> >Alan
>> >
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