Ball bearing glue

I just got my shipment of Loctite 660 and primer today, going to mount the bearing in the gear housing in a little bit.
This servo reduction gearcase is a bit wallered out and the shaft is wobbling around causing inaccuracies in the X axis. So we'll see if this fixes it. I'll let you know how it works out.

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Jim,

I'm really interested in how it goes for you. My job is waiting for a special water seal to come in before it can proceed. I am not planning on using primer or activator.

Mike
 
Too bad many of the links on the Henkel site are dead. So I was curious what purple is used for as I know about the others... dead link.. started trying others.. dead links..
 
Jim I have used the quick metal before for a very worn pulley to shaft interface on my snow thrower. I used small pieces of shim stock placed at places around the circumference to centre the shaft again, along with 660 to secure it all together.

David
 
woochucker said:
Too bad many of the links on the Henkel site are dead. So I was curious what purple is used for as I know about the others... dead link.. started trying others.. dead links..
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Purple is often listed for locking plastic fasteners. You can use it anywhere you want a vibration proof but easy to disassemble joint.
 
I just tested all the links and only 3 dont work. A shame, but 3 out of 11 is not what I would call "many"

Cheers Phil
 
I like the purple stuff for little gun screws. Holds well if clean, but can be easily undone later (like when a customer wants to change scopes, etc.).
 
Alrighty then, the 660 worked great, as far as I know :)

The shaft spent a few hours outside at around 32 deg F to cool down. Then the shaft and inner race were smeared with 660 and assembled. It took around 10 minutes to draw the shaft into the bearings using a short throw puller. The assembly sat overnight for the 660 to cure. Ran the machine a few minutes ago and everything looks good as new.

A bit of background for those who might be interested:

This was a Kenmore front load clothes washer that had a leaky seal and eventually the bearing it was supposed to protect failed. Made a helluva racket. The Sears tech fella said it would take $900 of parts (new stainless and plastic tubs) and $300 of labor (at $140 an hour). Sears covers the parts on guarantee. I cover the labor. We paid $1050 for the machine 6.5 years ago.

Asked my better half if she would pay $300 for a used washer like ours and the answer was no.
So I told Sears to forget about the repair. We bought a new Huebsch top loader.

But I am looking for something to do so I pulled the Kenmore machine apart, bought a bearing, seal and some Loctite for a total of $54 and fixed the sucker. It was fun! Can't imagine why Sears doesn't just replace the bearing and seal like LG does.

But what am I going to do with with two clothes washers? If it was two motorcycles there would be no problem.

Catch you later folks, Mike
 
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