It takes the weight of whatever is resting on it; in my case it takes the
weight of the tower and antenna. A thrust bearing is also used in a manual
transmission to separate the clutch plates.
>
> <snip>
> >K8RI made a good point.. I assumed that you'd have another thrust
> >bearing at the bottom to hold the weight of the torque tube. If not,
> >then the entire weight of the tube will also be on your top
> thrust bearing.
>
I thought the purpose of a thrust bearing was to stabilize the mast
horizontally and not to take the weight of the mast/antenna array off the
rotator. The set screws are adjusted to remove 'wobble' or mast slop and
not to take on the mast/array weight.
Or is that completely wrong?
73
Dale, kg5u
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