How to order a bearing?

My air cutoff tool got HOT the other day. Turning the wheel by hand revealed a grittyness in the bearings. Matco ain't gonna fix it without a bunch of $$$, bastards, so I'm stuck doing it myself. Once I get the bearing out of there, what numbers/marks/etc do I need to get from it and who's a good place to get a new one from?

The ones that are written on it.

Your local bearing house. Look in your yellow pages and find 4 or 5 local bearing houses and call them all every time for pricing. You'll soon see who has good pricing. I buy bearings and belts locally unless they are something special. For specials I look on line.

GWE

And if you mung up the numbers then go with ID, OD and width and if there are seals, shields, or open one or both sides. lg no neat sig line

Ah yes - the numbers that are written on it - usually NOT!! If there are numbers on the bearing(s) go with them (assuming your supplier can match them). Otherwise you are SOL for the easy route. Got a good bearing distributor close by? The counter men at those places usually really know their stuff. Take the bearing and all the names/numbers from the tool to the 'MAN' and just sit back and watch a pro in action.

Regards. Ken.

Best bet is to remove the bearing and take it to a local bearing/power transmission distributor such as Motion Industries, Applied Industrial Technologies or any local distributor in your area. Numbers can cause problems as they are not complete (actually only designate the number of the individual part they are stamped on). Unless it's an OEM special they should be able to fix you up pretty easily and probably inexpensively. Good luck.

Unless it's a special bearing, and auto parts store will likely have it also, may be more convenient.

- - Rex Burkheimer WM Automotive Fort Worth TX

Tom wrote:

Possible - but more likely if you are looking for a tapered roller bearing or a cylindrical roller bearing but air tool bearings are usually small ball bearings and are more likely to be found in a bearing distributor that stocks a full line of bearings (although some Automotive suppliers also carry a full line) and the level of expertise is usually (but not always) greater at a bearing distributor where the focus is on bearings.