Viewmaster wrote:To reduce noise further a simple ball bearing, housed in a centre drilled cone in the bottom of the shaft as a thrush bearing would be quieter (and cheaper!) than a ball race thrust bearing.
Panrock wrote:Interesting idea. The positioning and the profile of the internal cone(s) would clearly need to be spot-on for this. Would there be cones both above and below the support ball - for location?
Steve O
I think turning the cone on a lathe would be accurate enough, but Albert I can't get my head around how that's put together - any chance you could post a rough sketch?
Cheers,
Gary
(very interesting thread BTW guys)