crossthread
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2004
- Location
- Richmond,VA,USA
The only reason why I classified this as OT is that it is a bearing on a bread maker. I'm sure there are other applications for this knowledge. I have a bronze oilite bearing in a bread maker that is seizing up on the shaft. It is not "worn out" or anything, it just needs to be re lubed. After years of the cooking heat and cleaning, it has lost the oil in it. I took the c clip off the shaft and pulled it from the bearing. I then soaked the bearing in high temperature silicone oil which is good for 300C and let it sit for a few minutes (this is the oil used in a vacuum diffusion pump). This oil should certainly be good to go heat wise. My wife used it about a dozen times and then the shaft froze up again. I think my problem is that I need to somehow infuse oil back into the bearing better. I do not know how to do this other then just soaking it (something I really didn't do for very long the first time). Does anyone know of a better method. Pressure, vacuum, boiling in oil etc.? I could make another one but I don't want to if I don't have to. I have plenty of bronze bearing material but I don't think it is oilite. Thanks for any help.