Posted 6/7/2008 21:59 (#392635 - in reply to #392628) Subject: RE: locking collar on bearing - which way do you tighten?
Agent Orange: Friendly fire that keeps on burning.
You need to ask yourself what happens if the bearing starts to drag. If you have tightened the lock collar in the direction the shaft rotates, then a sluggish bearing will tighten itself even more, against the lock collar. If you've tightened it the wrong way, excessive drag could loosen the bearing in the lock and allow it to spin on the shaft and ruin it or cause a fire, before you noticed it.
locking collar on bearing - which way do you tighten?
