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Post# 70154   6/13/2005 at 20:42 (6,885 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        

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Hey everyone,

I don't know how I did it, but I lost the T-bearing that rides atop my '61 Kenmore transmission. I ended up rebuilding the transmission the other evening, and managed to apparently keep track of everything but that.

If you saw what I had to work with insofar as a workspace, this might seem less ridiculous than it sounds...

Does anyone have the part # for this or have another one lying around? No doubt it'll turn up if I find another, but since I can't do much without it...

Thank you SO MUCH for your help...

--Nate the inept





Post# 70156 , Reply# 1   6/13/2005 at 20:50 (6,885 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Actually...

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...does anyone have a pic of the old-style T bearing from this era? Is it a simple brass (or whatever gold-ish metal) sleeve that has a flat edge?

I'm thinking I misidentified it and put it in a different parts bag, but I need to jog my memory and recall what it looks like...

:-|


Post# 70158 , Reply# 2   6/13/2005 at 21:12 (6,885 days old) by mrmaytag (Tennessee)        
I think I have one!!

Hey Nate. I believe that I may have that t-bearing in my parts stash. It came off a '68 transmission. As I recollect, it is made of brown plastic instead of the off-white plastic that the newer BD machines used, and it has a bronze top on it. I'll look and see if I can find it and if so, will let you know.

Dennis


Post# 70159 , Reply# 3   6/13/2005 at 21:12 (6,885 days old) by fixerman ()        

It is simply a brass Tee bearing that rides atop the collar. The collar has a set screw in it.

If you can't find it you can use the plastic one piece bearing replacement that has a locating steel ball instead of the set screw. Wouldn't be original but it will work.


Post# 70161 , Reply# 4   6/13/2005 at 21:15 (6,885 days old) by fixerman ()        

MrMaytag, That Tee bearing won't work witn the old style trans shaft. The one you have uses a groove with a 2 piece clip to stop it. The old trans shaft doesn't have the groove.

Post# 70165 , Reply# 5   6/13/2005 at 21:34 (6,885 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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And NO NATE, you are NOT inept!! If ya don't change your thought, I"m gonna come out there and make you stand in a small room with Ross' new 59 Kenmore with the out of balance buzzer ringing (pretty annoying) and keep it buzzing for a few hours!!! HA

Anyway, hang in there. Your search will be resolved one way or the other. Bob


Post# 70178 , Reply# 6   6/13/2005 at 22:04 (6,885 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Yay, I'm a moron!

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LOL

Okay, y'all ready for this?

I reinserted it in the transmission because I was a dumb@#$, and apparently I hallucinated or some such between disassembly and reassembly.

I tore it apart, fished it out, and put it back where it belongs.

Thank you for the description--that jogged my memory and allowed me to remember what happened.

Now, assuming that things are copasetic, it should be ready for reassembly once I get the cabinet repainted...

*sigh*

Thank you so much for the moral support--I've reassembled old machines from bits and pieces from my grandfather's junkyard, but never had to tear down a tranny before :-|

LOL Bob--my machine has that off-balance buzzer too. What a treat! (*sound of grinding teeth*)



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