Bearings

[wyatt emp]

Where cam I find roller bearings for my rear JD wheel?

[Jerry Wieland]

I believe they are .250" x .490" and are common from any HD aftermarket supplier. Chuck at Kickstart. Eastern and Tedd's.

[Sargehere]

With the dimensions confirmed, any big-city bearing house, a bearing supplier has bearings by size, and assembled bearings by number. Even Orlando, near me, has one The stuff's not "special," nor proprietary. Standard (most)-sized bearings are as plentiful as goobers for mechanical
equipment. In the old days, I'd tell you to "just look up "bearings" in the Yellow Pages. Now, "google it."

[BigLakeBob]

With the dimensions confirmed, any big-city bearing house, a bearing supplier has bearings by size, and assembled bearings by number. Even Orlando, near me, has one The stuff's not "special," nor proprietary. Standard (most)-sized bearings are as plentiful as goobers for mechanical
equipment. In the old days, I'd tell you to "just look up "bearings" in the Yellow Pages. Now, "google it."

They might not be as common as they used to be. I went to Applied Brgs in Dayton OH, 2 months ago looking for the exact same thing. They could not help me. Bob

[23JDCA 808]

The rear hub uses flat roller bearings. If the races are worn, replacement/over-size bearings are available....+0.0002"
My 1923 rear wheel that uses 16 roller bearings on each side. These measure 0.248" by 0.490". This would make them 2289-25 which cross over the the present day number of 9920 (0.250").
According to motorhead1 on the AMCA site, these are used on '58 and later big twins. Antique Cycle Supply shows them on page 90 available in many oversizes.

[sirhrmechanic]

With the dimensions confirmed, any big-city bearing house, a bearing supplier has bearings by size, and assembled bearings by number. Even Orlando, near me, has one The stuff's not "special," nor proprietary. Standard (most)-sized bearings are as plentiful as goobers for mechanical
equipment. In the old days, I'd tell you to "just look up "bearings" in the Yellow Pages. Now, "google it."

There are also companies that can re-ball (or re-roller) obsolete bearings. They will grind the races and put in oversize rollers, pins or balls.

One word of advice... do not Google the term "Re-Balling." It will not be pretty.

Cheers,

Sirhr

[ricmoran]

?? Not PRETTY?

Looks like if done right re-balling can provide excellent results: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nxZwHG5bA

Maybe not the type of re-balling your thinking about? Certainly not a procedure for old bikes though!!

[Rubone]

I thought he was going here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoYmuRMPZ0

[BigLakeBob]

I thought he was going here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoYmuRMPZ0

Ouch, you knew we were going to look. I realize the brgs are available in most suppliers for HD, just don't seem to common in the commercial market. I do believe Antique Cycle Supply went out of business. Is that correct?
Bob AMCA 6738

[sirhrmechanic]

http://www.bearing-service.com/bearingrep.html

Ball/roller/needle bearing restoration. Not used this company, it is merely one of many out there that can refurbish a bearing race that is now obsolete. They are not inexpensive, but will give you a basically new bearing. We occasionally have to use them on large shaft bearings for antique cars.

For RicMoran... not the process I had in mind. RUB... that's exactly the sort of thing I found the first time I googled the term. And compared to some of the results, that was tame!

Cheers,

Sirhr

[wyatt emp]

Looks like the bearings will not be a problem but any idea where I can get, and excuse my ignorance of the correct term, the retainers that are threaded onto the shaft?

[sirhrmechanic]

I would start with Harbor Vintage Motor Company in Vermont. After that, try Competition Distributing.

Cheers,

Sirhr

[wyatt emp]

Thanks. Hope to have this bike on the road by next spring. It is my winter project.

[Robert Luland]

As far as I know, nobody makes them. Check with Mark Masa (linkcycles.com). Maybe he can hook ya up with some good ones. I see from your posts that you are really trying hard to finish this project. What ya got to understand is that the amount of people making these parts including myself, you can count on two hands and it's not going to improve. The markets just not there. I feel a lot of us do it out of love of the bike but you sure aren't going to put your kids though college on it. Get involved with the http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/harleyjd/.
You are not going to build this bike off the self, no way, no how. Bob L

[BigLakeBob]

Looks like the bearings will not be a problem but any idea where I can get, and excuse my ignorance of the correct term, the retainers that are threaded onto the shaft?

Are these the parts you are looking for?
Bob AMCA #6738