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[TowerTalk] Re: Thrust bearing

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Thrust bearing
From: john.brewer@us.schneider-electric.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:06:09 -0400
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>I don't know if there is a "definitive" answer, but just think about the 
>physics
>of the matter. The rotor is equipped (if it is a heavy-duty type) with multiple
>races containing up to a hundred or more ball bearings. (The Hy-Gain 
>TailTwister
>has three races with 138 bearings.) Is the thrust bearing this well-equipped?

Excellent point.

Then there's the practical issue of how to align a thrust bearing with the 
rotor,
so as to not cause MORE binding than doing without would create...

John K5MO

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