Subject: Re: babbiting bearings

From: "Steven O. Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 19:11:21 GMT

John-

Try Sid Suedemeir at Little Giant Automotive:

Automotive Inc./Little Giant
       420 4th Corso
       Nebraska City, NE 68410
       402-873-6603
       Parts for 25, 50 & 100 pound Little Giant power hammers. 
       These people bought the Little Giant company.

He sells parts for triphammers, including babbit and babbitrite for
bearings. He's really friendly and will help you out, even though you
aren't working on a triphammer.

It's not too hard to do, mainly you need to make sure that there is
nowhere for the molten metal to run that it's not supposed to. Preheat
the shafts and bearing case (to a 'spit sizzle' I was told), and pour
your babbit. You do half of the bearing at at time, so you can open it
again later. Also, you put in shims so that as the bearing wears you can
adjust slop.

john d. robinson wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
>          I have a very old two stage air compressor that has babbited
> bearings. I am in need of information on re babbiting the rod bearing,
> can someone direct me towards an information souce on babbiting
> bearings? thanks,
>         It's made by the  U.S. Air Compressor Co. It's a lovely casting, the
> opposing cylinders are cast with the main frame as a unit, the single
> throw crank has a piston rod to the low compression piston.  Both the
> high (1.5") and the low (3") compression pistons are bolted to a
> carrier and as the crank turns the carrier ossicillates back and forth
> between the cylinders.
> 
>              John Robinson, Mechanician
>   Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
>                 1513 University Ave.
>                  Madison, Wi. 53706
>                     608-262-3606
>                   FAX 608-265-2316
>         Current World Land Speed Record Holder
>                 Bonneville Salt Flats
>           H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
>                   131.333 MPH set 1995
>                   136.666 MPH set 1996

-- 
Steven O. Smith
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (john d. robinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 16:54:32 GMT

Howdy,