He Replaced Wooden Disk Bearings With PVC Pipe

He Replaced Wooden Disk Bearings With PVC Pipe DISKS “My friend had an old 10-ft disk equipped with wooden bearings that were worn out He asked me for help but I didn’t have the right tools to make new round wooden bearings so I used pvc pipe instead ” says Willard Wickey Hersey Mich The disk’s axle housing is built in 5-in long sections that bolt together around the axle Wickey unbolted the sections and replaced the wooden bearings inside them with ones that he made from 2 different sizes of electrical conduit pvc pipe One pipe white was 2 in in dia and the other grey was 3 1/2 in He used a chop saw to cut the 2-in pipe lengthwise and then cut the halves into 4-in long sections that fit together in pairs around the axle The sections are spaced 1/2 in apart inside the axle housing in order to make room for a series of metal ribs built into the axle that held the original bearings in place He also drilled a hole in each section to make room for a grease zerk He cut up the 3 1/2-in dia pipe to make a layer of shims that are glued together and fill the gap between the 3-in pipe and the axle housing “I made the pvc pipe bearings last fall My friend uses the disk on his 1-acre property so it doesn’t get a lot of use But electrical conduit pvc is as hard as wood and as long as the bearings are kept greased they work as good as new ” says Wickey Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Willard Wickey 913 170th Ave Hersey Mich 49639 ph 231 832-1123

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