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Dave said:Is anything like this available? You would simply replace the cone
with the cartridge. Thanks.
jim beam said:daveornee wrote:
> Dave Wrote:
>
>>Is anything like this available? You would simply replace the cone
>>with the cartridge. Thanks.
>
>
> "Rain on your parade"?:
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/sealed-bearings.html
>
how exactly does that rain on any parade? if you have a hub with ruined
bearings for which parts are no longer available but you don't want to
toss an otherwise perfectly good wheel, why not consider replacement
with cartridge bearings if they'll fit? personally, i think cartridge
bearings are a great idea if they:
1. lessen the incidence of maintenance error from people that haven't
figured out how to adjust a bearing properly
2. offer a cheaper maintenance alternative. set of campy bearing balls
-$8, one campy cone -$12. [excelsports.com] vs. pair of 6200 sealed
cartridge bearings -$9.99 [danscomp.com]
all this talk about seal effectiveness is pretty academic when you
consider the environments in which the average car, truck or farm
equipment, etc. operates. they use sealed cartridge bearings almost
exclusively. how many times have you had to strip your car's [wheel]
bearings after driving through a rain storm or after using the pressure
washer?
for cartridges, "maintenance" = replacement - a much quicker, much more
reliable & much more tolerant of technician error maintenance route than
any "maintainable" bearing system. in terms of total cost of ownership,
cartridges are absolutely the way to go.
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