white metal bearing suppliers

[cimo]

hello folks

my prop shaft runs through a white metal bearing (as opposed to a cutlass type).
Can anyone recommend a supplier (1" shaft).
doesn't appear to be a common item these days?

c

 

[Bilgediver]

hello folks

my prop shaft runs through a white metal bearing (as opposed to a cutlass type).
Can anyone recommend a supplier (1" shaft).
doesn't appear to be a common item these days?

c

Could you do something with this. It is 1 1/4 OD You would have enough material for 2

 

[Poignard]

I had my inboard bearing re-metalled by this firm a few years ago:-

http://www.jelbearings.co.uk/

Very reasonable price and good service BUT I see from the website that the lead time is now 6 months!

If it's just re-metalling you want, might be worth having a look at the classified ads in a vintage car/motorbike magazine.

 

[Neil_Y]

hello folks

my prop shaft runs through a white metal bearing (as opposed to a cutlass type).
Can anyone recommend a supplier (1" shaft).
doesn't appear to be a common item these days?

c

Yes, we supply direct replacements for white metal, just give us the shaft size and the carrier ID after old white metal removed and you can epoxy in a new composite bearing.

The new composites don't creep or wipe like white metal so should also last longer.

 

[vyv_cox]

Senar in Birkenhead still do white metal bearings http://www.senar.co.uk/ Last time I used them for that job was in 1965!

 

[ffiill]

I had my inboard bearing re-metalled by this firm a few years ago:-

http://www.jelbearings.co.uk/

Very reasonable price and good service BUT I see from the website that the lead time is now 6 months!

If it's just re-metalling you want, might be worth having a look at the classified ads in a vintage car/motorbike magazine.

Second that-some years ago I had mine done on my old boat by a firm specialising in old cars.A firm as I recall I used some years before to remetal some unobtainable big end shell bearings.
They are out there.

 

[neil_s]

When my white metal shaft bearing got too rattly I bored out the remaining white metal and pressed in a nylon replacement. It gets a half-turn of the shaft greaser every trip - just like the old white metal one did. It has been in service now for 10 years with no sign of wear.

 

[cimo]

thanks all.
I'm going to measure the clearance again (~1mm from memory), before I re-install the engine & shaft.
Anyone got a feel as to how much clearance is too much?
(I imagine it's the origional bearing at 34years).
c

 

[Neil_Y]

We would be looking at around 0.13mm clearance new and change when it approaches 0.62

As a rough guide a replacement composite bush 25 x 35 x 50 is £31.00, these are machined as a clearance in the old carrier and simply inserted in coated in epoxy, but as paddington said the shaft can have some wear and this needs to be checked.

 

[Paddingtonbear]

Examine the shaft for wear as well

 

[cimo]

cheers.....on the to do list.......

 

[david cooper]

In the past I have used Dynamic Engineering for my white metal bearing repairs http://www.dynamic-engineering.co.uk

 

[cimo]

We would be looking at around 0.13mm clearance new and change when it approaches 0.62

...................................shaft can have some wear and this needs to be checked.

hi Neil.
currently getting a new shaft made up (some uneven wear at the outboard end - largly due to a collapsed engine mount).

I test fitted the new shaft stock (1" diameter) in the existing bearing. I'm getting around 0.3mm play in the horizontal and 0.5mm in the vertical. Its a white metal bearing with a 3mm wall & looks like it will need machining out.

So what you reckon, time to replace the bearing too?

rgds
c

 

[cimo]

thanks for all responses folks.

just wanted to give a shout out to Neil at h4marine (for bringing me into the 21st century).
package received safe n sound. installed last weekend - pretty straight forward.
delighted with the result.

best rgds
c

 

[akyaka]

Crowther Marine Oldham recently ran a new bearing in ours. excellent personal service

http://www.crowthermarine.co.uk/1.html