Re: [T3] End float ?

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

> jadney@vwtype3.org writes:
> 
> << What's a torrington bearing? I know that Torrington is a bearing 
>  manufacturer and that they also (used to?) make bicycle spokes, but I 
>  never heard of a type of bearing generically called a torrington 
>  bearing. Fill me in. 

I asked at work today, and our machinist here agreed that there was a 
type of bearing generically known as a torrington bearing, but that 
it was a particular style of needle bearing. These were made as the 
normal type of radial bearing or as thrust bearings, but that they 
always had needles or tapered rollers in them.

I found a couple of references to torrington bearings via Google, 
too, but the only ones I looked at either referred to the Torrington 
brand or the style with needles or tapered rollers.

I should look in my Machinery's Handbook to see if there is any 
mention there.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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