Conventional Classics GP-9 with brass tube bearing (not visible in photo) and oil wick. Brass tubing comes from local hobby shop.313 Bascule bridge with brass tube and oil wick.RC car roller bearing installed in 200 series postwar alco. Very smooth operationThis bearing came from a Rhoomba robotic vacuum. When I periodically replace the spinning brushes, I save the bearings. Many end up in trains to serve a second life after being drilled to the correct diameter.GeoPeg posted:GregR posted:Back to the brushplate bearing topic:
Something I do that nobody has mentioned yet - I take brass tubing with 0.125 ID. I crimp the end to make a small flange on the press. Insert it snug tight with cyanoacrylate, with the flange on the inside face. I make the brass tube length slightly longer than the armature shaft. Then, I wedge a felt wick down into the tube up against the tip of the armature shaft and soak it with oil. I have a few engines, even a 313 bascule bridge that run as smooth as can motors now, and rarely need any attention.
Greg, did you happen to take any pictures along the way? Sounds ingenious, like to see it, especially the end with the small flange. Source for the tubing? Local HS, Lowe's, Amazon???
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