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Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing

To: Charles Gallo <charlie@thegallos.com>, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing
From: J Chaloupka via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: J Chaloupka <boltsnutspins@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 04:10:42 -0700 (PDT)
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Bearings to my recollection are mostly metric in dimension. 
      There are specialty inch sized bearings.
You have to know what you have to know what you have.

JIM  WD8QBQ

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 From: Charles Gallo <charlie@thegallos.com>
To: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net> 
Cc: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing
 

If they look like 3/8, they probably are

--  
73 de KG2V
Charlie

> On Jun 3, 2014, at 6:20 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm always amazed at how threads wander off the original question. And by how 
> much I learn from that. Thanks gents.
> 
> Also kinda amazed no one knows the diameter of the bearing balls.
> 
> 73, Mike NF4L
> 
>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Does anybody know what size balls are in the Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing? My 
>> cheap caliper isn't precise enough. Looks like 3/8". They're rusted and 
>> bumpy. 
>> 
>> Has anyone had experience with ceramic balls?
>> 
>> The grease is so hard I'm having to soak it off so I can see the races. If 
>> they're crafted, I'll just replace the whole thing.
>> 
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>> 
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